In this staging, the men are cool, exuding exuberance without letup and mercifully, without pushiness.
In this staging, the church is a building-size copy of Sachs's desk.
In this staging, we did not try to restore the historical and geographical context of the play, or to create a "modern" context.
In this staging, she also makes canny use of color, turning the production into an eerie fantasia in white and red.
In this staging of David Mamet's 1984 play — with Blake grafted in from the 1992 film adaptation — the salesmen whom Blake hectors stood behind Dr. Schmidt.
In this staging, the witch appears to be Saul's dead wife, wearing her house dress and apron, an eerie warning voice from the beyond.
In this staging there isn't the typical clear distinction between these fleeting women and Hoffmann's loyal friend Nicklausse (the sinewy, focused mezzo-soprano Rachel Frenkel), who doubles as the poet's true muse.
In this staging, for no better reason than to provide a socko first-act curtain, the two siblings rush out the door and, instead of fleeing, take time out to consummate their incestuous union on Hunding's front lawn.
In this staging of play, which was part of the summer's Free Shakespeare in the Park, Caesar is a businessman known for his petulant personality, fancy suits and blondish hair with orange overtones.
In this staging we can pretty much assume that her lifelong sense of insecurity stems from growing up in the shadow of two blond, Amazonian younger sisters (and not just from misguided embarrassment about that shrunken ovary).
In this staging the four Hilliard singers were dressed similarly in rumpled raincoats and hats, standing in a nondescript room with gray curtains and wallpaper, and a table set for tea.
