Friday, April 12, 2013
"Venus in Fur" playing at the Historic Asolo Rep Theatre, explores who has the power in love and sex.
While some relationships are built around who wears the pants, Venus in Fur asks who takes off the pants and has the whips, chains and handcuff collection. The play at the Historic Asolo Theater rips through with high energy in an hour and 45 minutes exploring the tale of a flighty actress on an audition for a play in front of the playwright. That play within this play is an adaptation of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's 1870 novel Venus in Fur, containing plenty of sexual themes. Heck, this is where masochism comes from, as the characters explain, so you know you're in for a ride. Sarah Nealis plays Vanda, dropping more F bombs in her opening scene than a Scarface scene, as she is flustered that she is late for her audition, but the character…
Sunday, March 24, 2013
"Clybourne Park" is staged at the Asolo Repertory Theatre through May 2.
Bradenton audiences may come to see Clybourne Park for the discussion on race, but do not ignore the depression of a grieving father. The play staged at Asolo Rep confronts racism and embracing differences in a real way in two very different times—the 1950s and 2009. It runs through May 2 with special programs scheduled on select dates (see below). Tickets range from $20 to $72. Clybourne Park follows the story of a family in suburban Chicago that sold their home in the 1950s. But Russ and his wife Bev catch hell from the neighbors because they ended up selling the home to a black family in an all-white neighborhood. The story continues in the same home during the second act when we're brought to 2009 with a young black couple making sure …
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Timeless play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart on stage now at Asolo Rep.
If you flip on the TV to the cable news channels, it's amazing you're not on the floor crying sometimes at the doom and gloom about the economy, unemployment and war. Instead we forge on. Some of us may stress trying to make ends meet, others are in a position to just cut costs on others to make their profits in line with what they want, and then there are timeless families like the Vanderhofs and Sycamores in "You Can't Take It With You" who like to enjoy the ride and stir the pot as the country itself is going to a different kind of pot. The 1937 Pulitzer Prize-winning play is being staged now at Asolo Repertory Theatre through April 20 as part of the theater's American Character season series. It's an uplifting play that helps serve as …
Monday, November 12, 2012
Sarasota resident and Tony Award-winner Frank Galati will direct the Asolo Rep production with his longtime partner and choreographer Peter Amster.
Successful Broadway plays often have revivals, but perhaps no other Tony Award-winning musical has flew under the radar as much as 1776. Asolo Reperatory Theatre placed itself in the best position to pull off this updated production of 1776 with Sarasota resident and Tony Award-winning director Frank Galati who is teaming up with his longtime partner Peter Amster, a choreographer who was a part of the first national tour of 1776. (It's also the first time the two worked together in years.) "Forty-three years after opening on Broadway, 1776 remains a one-of-a-kind work of sophistication without irony, corn without camp and history without apology," Galati. "Today, the show reintroduces our Asolo Rep audiences to our Founding Fathers and …
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Hear ye, hear ye, the Delegates from Asolo Rep's "1776" have arrived.
Main Street Sarasota may be more familiar with Sam Adams, but Thursday afternoon John Adams made his presence known downtown. John Adams, Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson made their way through Main Street Thursday afternoon by horse-drawn carriage to promote the Asolo Repertory Theatre's production of "1776" directed by Tony Award-winning Frank Galati. The play runs from Nov. 16 to Dec. 22 with previews Nov. 13-15. Tickets cost: The musical history play follows the creation of our nation through powerful drama and comedy. The delegates, as they were called, were led by horses Beth and Jackie thanks to carriage driver Peggy Creadon of Sunshine Carriages of Sarasota. Franklin is portrayd by Andrew Boyer; Jefferson by Brandon Dahlquist and …
