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Emilio Williams gives Federico García Lorca’s classic The House of Bernarda Alba a stylish and sexy adaptation for Teatro Vista.
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Emilio Williams gives Federico García Lorca’s classic The House of Bernarda Alba a stylish and sexy adaptation for Teatro Vista.
A mourning widow keeps her adult children captive in Emilio Williams’ streamlined adaptation of ‘The House of Bernarda Alba.’
It was in 1919 that Chagall assumed the position of commissar of arts for Vitebsk and founded the Vitebsk Art School, which opened its doors to all who wanted to pursue their artistic dreams. That marks the setting for a world premiere play.
It sure reads to me like the playwright is using Chagall as a vessel here to argue that theaters should beat back demands for ideological purity.
There’s a message about pollution in the playful, magic-filled Hans Christian Andersen adaptation.