Actors Lab asks “where is God?”

Theater
JB

Wed, Aug 22, 7:30pm

Thurs, Aug 23, 7:30pm

Sat, Aug 25, 7:30pm

Sun, Aug 26, 5pm

Teatro Santa Ana
Biblioteca Pública
Insurgentes 25
50 pesos


Throughout history we have seen the pain and suffering and death of innocent people, millions of them. We are compelled to ask, “Where is God?”

If we could bring Him before the Court of Humanity, of what failing would we charge Him? Who would defend Him? 

Archibald MacLeish, Poet Laureate and playwright, has taken “The Story of Job,” from the Hebrew Bible and through Job’s cruel experiences presents the argument for and against our faith in God.

Those who have seen the Pulitzer Prize winning production of JB on Broadway know they have seen a classic in the making, a work of art with the poetry of its words and the power of its story.

Actors Lab presents Geoff Hargreave, Gary Ware, Frank Simons, Cleo Stevens and Murray Kamelhar, who will recreate that classic event as adapted and directed by Murray Kamelhar. Tickets 50 pesos at the theater box office.

Moonlight, magnolias and madness
By Lola Smith

Theater
Moonlight and Magnolias
Wed & Thurs, Aug 22 & 23, 7:30pm
St. Paul’s Church
Cardo 6
10 peso donation

“A slightly insane comedy” is the way Playreaders’ director Lola Smith describes Moonlight and Magnolias by Ron Hutchinson. The Chicago Sun Times called it “A Hollywood dream-factory farce…at once a hyperventilating slapstick comedy, an impassioned love song and a blazing critique of Hollywood,” while the NY Daily News wrote “Frankly, my dear, this is one funny play…a rip-roaring farce with witty, pointed dialogue and hilarious situations.” The NewYork Post said it was “An affectionate portrait of the legendary movie producer David O. Selznick and his collaborators…a lot of fun with plenty of genuine wit in the dialogue.”

In 1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of Gone With the Wind. The screenplay just doesn’t work, so what is the famous movie mogul to do? While fending off the film’s stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, he sends a car for famed screenwriter Ben Hecht and pulls director Victor Fleming from the set of The Wizard of Oz. Selznick locks them in his office and, on a diet of peanuts and bananas, the three of them struggle to knock out a new screenplay in five days—(M)a struggle that is somewhat complicated by the fact that Ben Hecht has never read the book.

David O. Selznick will be played by Rudy Hornish, Victor Fleming by Jim Newell, Ben Hecht by Michael Gottlieb and Selznick’s harried secretary, Miss Poppenghul, by Joanna Bryne. Our resident technical genius, Dic Simandl, will be handling lights and sound, and, as mentioned above, Lola Smith directs.

A flying start to Stop the World

Stop the World, I Want to Get Off

Fri, Aug 17, 7:30pm

Sat, Aug 18, 3pm and 7:30pm

Sun, Aug 19, 5pm

Teatro Santa Ana
Biblioteca Pública
Reloj 25A
150 pesos

MikewhNY@aol.com 



The last performances of this tuneful nostalgia and sensational satire Stop the World, I Want to Get Off continue at the Teatro Santa Ana. The hit musical best remembered for world-class standards “Once in a Lifetime,” “Gonna Build a Mountain” and “What Kind of Fool am I?” will send you out singing. Produced, directed and choreographed by Michael Whaley, Stop the World is a romp through the very circus of life.

Tickets are on sale at the Biblioteca, and at Casa de Papel on Mesones or email Michael Whaley at MikewhNY@aol.com for reservations. Whaley and Sudheer generously offered opening night proceeds to Casita Linda.