Elaine Mura – Page 47 – Splash Magazines

Water by the Spoonful Review – Chemical Redemption

February 19, 2018 Elaine Mura 0

Playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes’ second play in the powerful trilogy of a family torn by war and struggle, WATER BY THE SPOONFUL debuted in Hartford, Connecticut, in 2011, opened off-Broadway in 2012, and won the […]

A Walk in the Woods Review – A Diplomatic Two-Step

February 17, 2018 Elaine Mura 0

When two arms negotiators were deadlocked in talks in Geneva and decided to take a walk in a peaceful copse nearby, the idea for A WALK IN THE WOODS was born. Playwright Lee Blessing took […]

4Play: Sex in a Series – Variety and Spice

February 17, 2018 Elaine Mura 0

4PLAY: SEX IN A SERIES comes to Los Angeles from successful productions in New York and Chicago. Opening on Valentine’s Day at the Actors Company, 4PLAY weaves stories of love, heterosexual and homosexual, as the […]

A Delicate Ship Review – Dreams, Memories, and Regrets

February 17, 2018 Elaine Mura 0

Written by acclaimed playwright Anna Ziegler, A DELICATE SHIP is a poetic tale of love – requited, unrequited, and somewhere in between. For this is a love triangle that hovers in the hearts and minds […]

Elliot: A Soldier’s Fugue Review – War is Hell

February 10, 2018 Elaine Mura 0

The first in talented playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes’s trilogy about family and war, ELLIOT: A SOLDIER’S FUGUE opens at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in 2018. Born in Philadelphia, the child of a Jewish father and […]

The Chinese Wall Review – Humpty Dumpty Goes to Nanking

February 10, 2018 Elaine Mura 0

Written in 1946 by Swiss playwright Max Rudolf Frisch, THE CHINESE WALL depicts a world on the precipice of annihilation because of the newly invented atomic bomb. Sounds like ancient history, right? Something we all […]

The Hothouse Review – Trouble is Brewing

February 1, 2018 Elaine Mura 0

Black comedy and absurd plotting run rampant in playwright Harold Pinter’s THE HOTHOUSE. Although the play was written in 1958, it did not premiere until 1982 – with Pinter himself as director in the British […]

Alright Then Review – A Charming Tale of Love Found

January 31, 2018 Elaine Mura 0

Orson Bean and Alley Mills are poignantly engaging as lovers who beat the odds and find each other later in life. The autobiographical story covers the years before their meeting – and after – to […]

Cabaret Review – Divine, Dangerous, and Delightful Decadence

January 30, 2018 Elaine Mura 0

With book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb, CABARET has become one of America’s favorite musicals since it premiered on Broadway in 1966. But the story has an even […]

The Last Wife Review – Katherine Parr and Henry VIII

January 29, 2018 Elaine Mura 0

After seven attempts, Henry VIII finally met Katherine Parr, who would become his eighth wife and outlive the king. Playwright Kate Hennig has drawn a compelling portrait of this brilliant and accomplished lady – and […]