PlayMakers’ ‘Angels in America’ a ‘must-see’
PlayMakers Repertory Company’s production of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” directed by Brendon Fox, has taken flight.
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PlayMakers Repertory Company’s production of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” directed by Brendon Fox, has taken flight.
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_Correction (September 2, 1:24 a.m.): Due to an editing error, the photo caption accompanying this story incorrectly stated the name of Mike Wiley’s play. The play is called “The Parchman Hour.” The caption has been updated to reflect the correction. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error. _
European gallivanting. Sexual politics. A Belgian waffle fortune.
For its 35th anniversary season, PlayMakers Repertory Company has laid out an artistically ambitious challenge, including its first musical in more than a decade.
Each summer, cannons sound, swords clash and actors spout rapturous monologues as North Carolina outdoor theaters host more than 153,000 spectators annually.
Correction: Due to a reporting error, an earlier version of this story incorrectly named the managing organization and the the source of funding for the refurbishment project. The Office of the Executive Director for the Arts is managing the project and has provided $100,000 toward the project. The Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost provided the other $100,000. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for this error.
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Playmakers Repertory Company squeezes exploding emotion and brutal life experiences into a compact production of “I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given to Me By a Young Lady From Rwanda.”A strong Rwandan refugee and blundering British writer’s bleak and polar opposite worlds clash and ultimately are uplifted by friendship and a mutual passion for writing.In this love story without kissing, actors Joy Jones and Garth Petal portray the characters of Juliette and Simon with palpable chemistry.It’s an old story of writer’s block: Simon has misplaced his narrative gift and cannot muster a single line of poetry. Instead, he helps Juliette with her own autobiographical novel.
Correction, 7:15 p.m. March 24: Due to reporting errors, this story misquoted author Lee Smith. The quote has been removed from the story. The story also incorrectly said that Smith's older stories had not been featured in her previously published collections. Some of the works were included in previously published collections. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the errors.
PlayMakers Repertory Company struck the proper matches to ignite Oscar Wilde’s wit ablaze in its production of “The Importance of Being Earnest.”
Make it on Tobacco Road and you can make it anywhere.UNC communication studies professor Paul Ferguson and his “Good Ol’ Girls” finally have a taste of those blinding Manhattan lights.“Good Ol’ Girls,” an original musical written and adapted by Ferguson, is now playing Off Broadway at the Black Box Theatre at Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre in New York.The show, adapted from the prose of celebrated Southern writers Lee Smith and Jill McCorkle, additionally flaunts music composed by heralded Nashville songwriters Matraca Berg and Marshall Chapman.“I wrote the show originally to honor my grandmother who raised me, Andrea my partner, and the four women who are my literary and musical heroes. All talented and hilarious southern women,” Ferguson said.The current cast also features North Carolinian starlet Lauren Kennedy and veteran Broadway scarlet Sally Mayes. Mix in Tony-nominated director, Randal Myler, and UNC’s own has recently strolled onto a star-studded stage.A play about the strength of Southern women, “Good Ol’ Girls” is not a modern-day “Steel Magnolias.” It extends past well-known Southern cliches.“The show opposes and rebuts the stereotypes of Southern women that are so offensive to me,” Ferguson said.Deep-fried commentary and Southern-accented country music haul home a unique progression of characters’ growth from youth to maturity.“It progresses thematically. Not driven by plot, but by the arc of one’s life. Think Virginia Woolf meets Dolly Parton,” Smith said.Ferguson’s goal was to create thrilling musical theater that would resonate the concerns of women’s equality and relay truthful insights into life’s inevitable tragic occurrences.“I don’t claim them as a remedy, but the performing arts can be a way of starting a conversation or addressing a problem. For example, it might be more difficult to get an abuser to go to a lecture on proper behavior than to go to a country rock concert,” Ferguson said.The foxily adapted prose has the capacity to strangle an audience with laughter and to suck them into contemplation.“We use humor as a way to make the darker even darker. When you get the audience laughing you can pull them in,” McCorkle said.Ferguson first began working on “Good Ol’ Girls’” in 1998 with Smith, McCorkle, Berg and Chapman.“At this point we’re all in a club, a support group,” Smith said.The show originally toured the region to sellout crowds with the Cape Fear Regional Theatre Company under the direction of Bo Thorp, Chancellor Holden Thorp’s mother.When the opportunity arose to take the production to New York, Ferguson and his four original good ol’ girls were ecstatic.“I just kept looking at Lee because I couldn’t believe we were actually there, Off Broadway,” McCorkle said.Ferguson’s ability to portray authentic Southern women has received praise from Southerners and New York critics alike.“You know, Paul really is a good ol’ girl,” Smith said.Contact the Arts Editor at artsdesk@unc.edu