Stephen Tornetta

Gregory Isaac and Leigha Kato. Back, l to r: Lee Coropassi, Doug Hara. (Photo by Shawn May)

MY FAIR LADY (Quintessence): A splendid holiday gift

by - November 22, 2017 - Reviews, Theater

A jubilant mix of beautiful music and songs, dancing, magic, social politics… and elocution

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TRANSLATIONS (Villanova): Mapping identity

by - April 17, 2016 - Reviews, Theater

When the British army renames the Irish village of Baille Baeg with an Anglicized name, the villagers must decide if it’s still the same place they’ve always known.

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THE THREEPENNY OPERA (Villanova): Brecht played louder than the music

by - April 23, 2015 - Reviews, Theater

Republished by kind permission from Neals Paper. Kurt Weill’s insistent tingel-tangel score for THE THREEPENNY OPERA pervades the Vasey Hall stage, with horns and drum pumping to a martial beat that…

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