Monthly Archives: May 2018

Virginia Stage Company’s CROWNS: A Majestic Theater Event

In his first letter to the Thessalonians, Saint Paul asked, For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? Saint John Chrysostom explained that, ”he who will not seek in the well being of his neighbor his own benefit will not attain […]

May 29, 2018 – 11:50 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Books, from Paul, History, Music, Quotations, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on Virginia Stage Company’s CROWNS: A Majestic Theater Event

CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE’S MACBETH: Imagination’s Descent into Hell

 Viewed in the context of his other work, Macbeth is Shakespeare’s Descent into Hell. And since it is his Inferno, it is appropriate that the terrestrial and celestial parts of his universe should figure slightly.[i] Those words by University of Chicago Shakespearean scholar Harold Goddard summarize the production Aaron Posner and Teller have created at […]

May 23, 2018 – 2:46 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Acting, from Paul, History, Poetry, Quotations, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE’S MACBETH: Imagination’s Descent into Hell

AMERICAN BLUES THEATER: BUDDY HOLLY LIVES

Buddy Holly was my favorite rock and roller and first hero. As an eight year old boy with a single bud headphone from his transistor radio I waited for Buddy’s music to come on after I went to bed. We shared a common trait  – glasses. In the days before contact lenses, we “four-eyes” were […]

May 22, 2018 – 1:34 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Acting, Current Events, Dance, from Paul, History, Music, Theater | Comments Off on AMERICAN BLUES THEATER: BUDDY HOLLY LIVES