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  • Review “Anna in the Tropics” (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company): Russian-Cuban Mash Up

    Sunday, February 19, 2023 Remy Bumppo, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents ANNA IN THE TROPICS. A factory hires a lector to read to its workers. As the employees hand-roll cigars, they get lost in the romance and intrigue of “Anna Karenina.” Playwright Milo Cruz uses the Leo Tolstoy classic as the basis for transformation in a working class community. Tolstoy’s words enchant ...

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  • Review “Top Girls” (Remy Bumppo): Thought-provoking Tale of Girl Power

    Wednesday, February 5, 2020 Remy Bumppo, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Remy Bumppo Theatre presents TOP GIRLS. Playwright Caryl Churchill pens a quirky yet thought-provoking tale of girl power. Churchill tells her story in three acts. In the first act, Marlene (played by Linda Gillum) celebrates her recent promotion at a dinner party. The fantasy feast brings together women throughout history. They are drinking in each other’s ...

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  • Review “Howard’s End” (Remy Bumppo): Depth and Charm!

    Thursday, September 12, 2019 Remy Bumppo, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Remy Bumppo presents HOWARD’S END. Howard’s End is a house in the English countryside. Its proper ownership comes under question when a handwritten will bequeaths it to a stranger, Margaret Schlegel. Although the Wilcox family ignores the wishes of the departed, their lives begin to get tangled up with the Schlegel sisters. Playwright Douglas Post skillfully ...

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  • Review “The Father” (Remy Bumppo Theatre): Inside Dementia

    Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Remy Bumppo, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Remy Bumppo Theatre presents THE FATHER. Florian Zeller’s play is a bit of a puzzle. Zeller won the 2014 Molière Award for Best Play. Christoper Hampton translated Zeller’s Le Père into English. THE FATHER debuted on Broadway in 2016 and led to Frank Langella winning a Tony for Best Actor in a play. The show has critical ...

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  • Review “Pirandello’s Henry IV”: Montgomery is Crazy Great!

    Tuesday, October 25, 2016 Remy Bumppo, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Remy Bumppo presents the Midwest Premiere of PIRANDELLO’S HENRY IV. Mark L. Montgomery (Henry IV) is the reason to see this show.  His madness is palpable. Montgomery plays a man who fell off a horse and woke up believing he is the 11th Century German Emperor Henry IV.  For twenty years, his family has perpetuated the ...

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  • Review “Fallen Angels” (Remy Bumppo): Light Frothy Escape Back to the 1920s

    Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Remy Bumppo, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Remy Bumppo presents FALLEN ANGELS. Playwright Noël Coward penned a 1920s risqué comedy.  Coward tells the tale of two couples.  When the husbands go away on a golf outing, the wives plot a sexy tryst with a former lover. In Coward’s day, this subject matter must have been scandalous. Ladies having premarital sex.  Oh my! Not ...

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  • Review “Travesties” (Remy Bumppo): Brilliant Cerebral Comedy

    Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Remy Bumppo, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Remy Bumppo presents TRAVESTIES. In 1976, Playwright Tom Stoppard received the Tony for Best New Play for TRAVESTIES.  Stoppard’s comical tome is his loving tribute to Oscar Wilde.  Stoppard imagines Zurich in 1917 where legends-in-the-making; James Joyce, Vladmir Lenin and Tristan Tzara are in pursuit of their passions.  Joyce is researching for his book “Ulysses.” Lenin ...

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