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Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 2:42 pm
By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer
“Stability,” according to one of the characters lost in the funhouse that is “Fuddy Meers,” “is a fragile figurine.”
That figurine gets smashed to smithereens in the first few seconds of David Lindsay-Abaire’s farcical black comedy, [Read more…]
Posted: Monday, April 4, 2016 4:13 pm | Updated: 5:27 pm, Tue Apr 5, 2016.
By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer
Maybe it’s something that has crossed your mind, at a time when it seemed as if everything in your life was going horribly, irretrievably wrong — to turn your back on the mess of reality and go live in what is officially known as “the most magical place on Earth.”
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By Bradley Morris, Urban Tulsa
Let’s say you have a theater company that has its own building. And let’s say that building needs regular maintenance, and occasional capital improvements. And let’s also say that you don’t have tons of money to do that stuff. What do you do?
The Nightingale Theater has decided that what it would do in this situation is hold Baconfest Tulsa 2013. [Read more…]
By Bradley Morris, Urban Tulsa
Ever the Puck of the Tulsa theater world, The Nightingale Theater’s Midwestern Theatre Company presents Euripides’ The Cyclops with a twist. Telling a tale of Odysseus’ run-in with Polyphemus that isn’t in The Odyssey, Euripides’ play is the only satyr play — burlesque-style shows based on Greek myths and full of drunkenness, sex, and general wackiness — to survive the ancient era. [Read more…]
By NICOLE MARSHALL MIDDLETON World Scene Writer on Aug 10, 2013, at 2:26 AM Updated on 8/10/13 at 3:24 AM
Enjoy tastes of bacon-based cuisine, sweets and beverages from some of Tulsa’s finest chefs, bakers and baristas during Baconfest on Sept. 29. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World
Other cities have bacon festivals. Why not Tulsa?
We like bacon.
We really like bacon.
So, save the date for Baconfest from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 29 in the Pearl District on Fourth Street between Peoria and Utica avenues. [Read more…]
For 22 years
It’s here. We badgered you and prodded you and cajoled you and bugged the crap out of you to vote, and you did. Interns and fulltime employees alike have been counting and re-counting, all in the name of bringing the Absolute Best of Tulsa to you.
We asked (demanded), and you voted. [Read more…]
By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer on Oct 4, 2012, at 1:46 AM Updated on 10/04/12 at 3:14 AM
Jeremy Sheldon stars as “Clown” and Mick Swiney as “Remo” in the Nightingale Theater production of “Warm Delicious Play.” MICHAEL WYKE / Tulsa World
At its simplest, “Warm Delicious Play” is the story of a custody battle between two parents of a rather extraordinary child who could be related in some mystical way to a couple of clowns in love with a woman who might be their sister.
Maybe. Or maybe not. When the Midwestern Theater Troupe is out in full creative force, nothing is simple. [Read more…]
By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer on Sep 27, 2012, at 2:24 AM Updated on 9/27/12 at 7:16 AM
Chris Williams stars as Admiral Thumb in the Nightingale Theater production of “Warm Delicious Play.” MICHAEL WYKE / Tulsa World
When the Midwestern Theater Troupe premiered “Warm Delicious Play,” the story was that this melange of deconstructed Greek myths and intergalactic soap opera was in fact the creation of a band of extraterrestrial clowns.
“Um, yeah,” John Cruncleton said, punctuating the comment with a brief, slightly embarrassed laugh. “That was just us having a little bit of fun.” [Read more…]
By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer on Feb 20, 2012, at 2:25 AM Updated on 2/20/12 at 5:20 AM
Two very old plays – one dating back centuries, the other millennia – undergo some modernization with varying degrees of success at the hands of two local theater companies.
To show due deference to age, we’ll start with Aristophanes’ comedy “The Frogs,” which has been around since 405 B.C. The Midwestern Theater Troupe opened its production Thursday at the Nightingale Theater. [Read more…]
By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer on Feb 17, 2012, at 2:24 AM Updated on 2/17/12 at 5:32 AM
Comedy has a way of arising out of tragedy.
“Sometimes the best way to deal with a serious subject is through humor,” Amy Page said. “That’s very much the case with ‘The Frogs.’ ”
The Greek playwright Aristophanes wrote “The Frogs” not long after the deaths of two of the leading figures of ancient world – the writer Euripedes, whose tragic plays include “Medea,” and the philosopher Socrates. [Read more…]