Monthly Archives: April 2015

Shaw’s Major Barbara: The Prodigal Father

G.K.Chesterton, George Bernard Shaw’s friend and jovial debate opponent, called Shaw “a heathen mystic.” I think he was right. How else can you explain one of the world’s most famous public socialists creating the world’s most compelling and flattering portrait of an unrepentant capitalist? How else can you explain one of the world’s most famous […]

April 28, 2015 – 1:00 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in from Paul, Men and Women, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on Shaw’s Major Barbara: The Prodigal Father

ROB ASHFORD’S CAROUSEL: An Historic Reinterpretation

Throughout theater history a director’s re-imaging of a stage classic changes forever how a play is considered. In mid twentieth century Peter Brook’s productions of Shakespeare changed King Lear and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Rob Ashford’s Lyric Opera production of Rogers and Hammerstein’s Carousel will change that post World War Two musical forever as well. […]

April 17, 2015 – 1:18 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in from Paul, Music, Television, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theology | Comments Off on ROB ASHFORD’S CAROUSEL: An Historic Reinterpretation