TheatreReviewBotanic Gardens, GlasgowProductions of A Midsummer Night's Dream are ten a penny. This month alone, there have been outdoor performances in both Glasgow and Edinburgh. Such cheery familiarity makes it too easy to glide over Shakespeare's troubling themes of desire, sexuality and death in favour of a funny Bottom.
The brilliance of David Leddy's Sussurus - the word, usually spelled "susurrus", refers to the sound of the wind in the trees - is that it wheedles out these darker themes and presents them back to us newly minted in a modern-day tale of sexual charisma, power and abuse. Read More...
Marking his third major Off Broadway production in two years, playwright Nicky Silver whips up a perfect souffle with "The Food Chain." This latest comedy delivers on the considerable promise of his earlier "Pterodactyls" and "Raised in Captivity," with Silver displaying a master chef's expertise in blending any number of ingredients into a frothy, satisfying whole.
Marking his third major Off Broadway production in two years, playwright Nicky Silver whips up a perfect souffle with “The Food Chain. Read More...
Play video content JULY 2012 PUTTIN' ON THE MOVES He's suspended from the NFL ... his marriage is crumbling ... but former New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton is bumpin' and grindin' away his pain in the Bahamas with a hot blonde -- and TMZ has the footage.
The disgraced Super Bowl champ was hanging out at the nightclub at the Atlantis Resort last Friday ... hittin' the dance floor HARD. Read More...
