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The Magic Bullet Theory

Steven Leigh Morris
Terry Tocantins and Alex Zola's The Magic Bullet Theory is the second play to be produced locally this year focusing on the 1963 JFK assassination. Dennis Richard's Oswald: The Actual Interrogation was performed in January and February at Write-Act Repertory, also in Hollywood. Though strategically ambiguous, Richmond Shepard's staging of......
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Six Short Plays by Black Women, at Katselas Theatre Company

Steven Leigh Morris
Six smart, sassy playlets under the collective title Black Women: State of the Union — Taking Flight accomplish more or less what the front line of theater is supposed to accomplish: spin our heads and our hearts in directions not widely imagined — at least not widely imagined by white......
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Krapp's Last Tape and Blue/Orange, Reviewed

Steven Leigh Morris
Let's not mince words, because Samuel Beckett doesn't. In the Irish dramatist's monodrama Krapp's Last Tape, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, John Hurt is perfect. He's shabbily attired in a sleeveless vest, white peasant shirt, baggy trousers and shoes that squeak when he walks. Michael Colgan's staging for the Gate......