It was a finalist for the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama, although Simon wouldn't receive that honor until 1991, for "Lost in Yonkers". Howard Teichman, who is directing for West Coast Jewish Theatre, has studied the Simon canon deeply, having staged several of the playwright's works.
But this deeply moving, immaculately staged film is essentially the work of Douglas Trumbull, only 28 at the time, a special effects expert who got the assignment after making a major contribution to Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
In its first few seasons, the show staged a deeply imagined, almost Dostoyevskian confrontation between the two world views represented by Alicia and Peter.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet In its first few seasons, the show staged a deeply imagined, almost Dostoyevskian confrontation between the two world views represented by Alicia and Peter.
For me, that was the first of many substantive surprises in this sassy, ingeniously staged and deeply affecting world premiere of an adaptation of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Laura Eason.
The talkathon in 1992 was staged by the deeply pragmatic Al D'Amato of New York to save an upstate typewriter factory.
It's also true, however, that while the economy remains deeply depressed, corporate profits have staged a strong recovery.
On February 5th, armed rebels, including some notorious miscreants, seized the city, triggering a wider uprising against the deeply unpopular president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.The rebels staged a surprise assault on the main police station, forcing the heavily-armed officers to flee and torching the building.
I hadn't accounted for the ways in which deeply gifted stage artists can enrich their performances over time.
