Mr. Edelstein said he thought "I Will Bear Witness," an intimate, compact theater piece, would counterbalance "Race," a historical pageant that fills the company's theater space with a cast of 16, floor-to-ceiling projections, music, sound and lighting effects.
Today, at a special event in San Francisco, Sonos announced a compact home theater smart speaker, the Sonos Beam.
Many things have happened since Dan Hoyle performed in the premiere of "Tings Dey Happen," his incendiary and brilliant solo show about Nigerian oil politics, nearly three years ago at the compact theater the Marsh in San Francisco.
In his best scores, like "The Silver River," a compact 1997 music theater work performed at the 2002 Lincoln Center Festival, Mr. Sheng manages to draw from Eastern and Western sources, guided by a keen ear and acute compositional sensibility.
A compact, effective piece of theater with a punchy climax, it delivers melody, a moral and a lot of charm as well as grateful roles for singer-actors at whatever level of experience.
To see a movie, residents typically head next door to Kew Gardens, where a renovated theater anchors a compact, handsome Tudor-style commercial strip.
Instead the festival has substituted a more familiar play, "As You Like It," in a compact rendering at the Joseph Papp Public Theater, performed with enthusiasm by a sprightly, fresh-faced ensemble.
Stan Brown almost steals the show from them both as the third wheel in a compact production that fits nicely into the Cherry Lane Theater, at 38 Commerce Street in the West Village.
"A Nervous Smile," a compact play by John Belluso being given its New York premiere by the Theater Breaking Through Barriers, explores this dark side with an honesty as commendable as it is brutal.
But that is the overall impression left by "Defender of the Faith," a compact drama by Stuart Carolan receiving its American premiere at the Irish Repertory Theater.
