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January 2012

“There is failure and there is success.  What better way to measure this than the piano?” If you were the child who spent your afternoons inside practicing the piano (or another musical instrument) while you could hear other children running around in the sunshine you no doubt have an ache in your heart when now, ... Read The Full Article...

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1,934 Days a play about longing and hope. Isramerica Production Conceived and Created: Sivan Hadari Directed and Co-created: Charlotte Cohn While sharing their own personal experiences and real life stories, ten actors haling from diverse cultural backgrounds (American, Asian, African, Israeli, Palestinian, Latin) explore the deep rooted connection they all have with “longing”. Show Times: ... Read The Full Article...

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Superman 2050 Theater Un-Speak-Able Writer and designer: The Ensemble, Theater-Un-Speak-Able Director: Marc Frost Superman 2050 is featuring seven actors performing on a single 3’ by 7’ platform. It is an original Superman story, taking place in a fictional Metropolis in the year 2050. At no time do any actors exit the platform, instead existing as ... Read The Full Article...

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Alita the Show Writer and Director: Freia Canals and Denise Kornitz A bilingual show (Spanish/ English) for the entire family. Princess Alita lives in a world of luxury amidst the walls of her palace. She is oblivious to all that surrounds her and knows little outside of her own environment. One day she is sent ... Read The Full Article...

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The Knocking Within ANIKAI Dance Theater Texts from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, MacBeth, Titus Andronicus and Othello Selected and compiled by Wendy Jehlen Direction, concept: Wendy Jehlen Choreographer: Wendy Jehlen with Pradhuman Nayak ANIKAI Dance Theater premieres “The Knocking Within,” a new text-based work looking at insanity and a dysfunctional relationship through texts from three of ... Read The Full Article...

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WOYZECK MUSICAL DEATHMETAL Gorilla repertory Theater Writer: Christopher Carter Sanderson Director: Christopher Carter Sanderson Choreographer: Erin Porvaznika Enervated by hunger and oppressed by his poverty, Woyzeck struggles to earn money for his common-law wife and their very young son. Scraping together money from his job as a private in the Army, which he supplements by ... Read The Full Article...

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  HORRIPILATION! Kaliyuga Arts Written and performed by John Sowle Director: Steven Patterson This stunning work combines the Natya Shastra, a remarkably refined and elaborately detailed pre-Christian theatre text from India, with Teyyam, a primitive South India ritual, to create a work that “plunges audiences into a dazzling realm of color and movement, virtually unknown ... Read The Full Article...

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  The Night of the Assassins National Theatre Company of the Dominican Republic Director: Orestes Amador The assassins of Jose Triana are three brothers who unfold a macabre game, dream about the murder of their parents, develop a generational conflict, and are accompanied by a hatred exacerbated to the abuse of the paternal power and ... Read The Full Article...

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  GARBO Writer: Joe Gulla Director: Brian Rardin This short comedy/drama tells the story of Joe, a gay New Yorker enjoying an extended holiday in Rome, Italy. Like any foreigner who visits the Eternal City, Joe’s daily life is filled with ever-changing sensorial delights – culture shock at its best! But, it is not until ... Read The Full Article...

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  Legacy of the Tiger Mother Book and Lyrics: Angela Chan & Michael Manley Music: Angela Chan Director: Lysander Abadia Got Mommy Issues? Join us on a musical journey of old school parenting in a new country. Show Times: Mon 1/16 @ 8:00pm Wed 1/18 @ 6:30pm Thu 1/19 @ 6:30pm Answers by Angela Chan ... Read The Full Article...

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  Sanctuary Susanne Sulby writer, actor, co-director, Andrea Haring co-director An exploration of the struggles and tragedies of war and our need for sanctuary. A fast paced energetic multi media exploration of the roles we have played in war throughout time. Multiple characters expose the connections of fear, bigotry, power and religion with war and ... Read The Full Article...

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AENY-The Bridge is a non-profit organization which was established in the fall of 2010 to promote inter-disciplinary artistic collaborations and build a cultural bridge between Spain and the United States. Last December I was witness to one of their great creations and wanted to introduce this fairly new company to The Happiest Medium readers. Helmed ... Read The Full Article...

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