Category Archives: Politics

Remy Bumppo’s PYGMALION: Run, Don’t Walk. Now.

If you think you might ever want to see Bernard Shaw’s famous comedy, Pygmalion, now is the time. Don’t wait. Head to the Remy Bumppo Theatre. You won’t find a better collection of actors finding every jot and tittle of comedy and drama in this sometimes-baffling play. Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion is a peculiar example of […]

December 6, 2016 – 9:44 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Current Events, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Politics, Theater, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Remy Bumppo’s PYGMALION: Run, Don’t Walk. Now.

CST’s King Charles III: The Tragedy of a Virtuous Man

Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper was my favorite novel as an elementary school student. I easily identified with young Tom Canty and saw the young Prince of Wales as my own contemporary Prince of Wales, Charles, whom I was fascinated to learn was but six weeks younger than I. I have maintained my […]

November 11, 2016 – 2:14 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Current Events, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Poetry, Politics, Theater | Comments Off on CST’s King Charles III: The Tragedy of a Virtuous Man

CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE’S TUG OF WAR: CIVIL STRIKE- Suffering Outside of Divine Providence

From his earliest plays to his final works, William Shakespeare confirmed his world’s confidence in Divine Providence. Divine Providence is the means by which God leads his creatures to their destined end. To thwart or reject this movement, is to risk the attainment of one’s destiny. Man is assured of Providential guidance, if, in conformity […]

September 22, 2016 – 1:01 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Books, Current Events, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Poetry, Politics, Theater | Comments Off on CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE’S TUG OF WAR: CIVIL STRIKE- Suffering Outside of Divine Providence

Chicago Shakespeare’s TUG OF WAR: FOREIGN FIRE: Theatrical Magnificence

“Man is a predator whose natural instinct is to kill with a weapon.” So wrote Chicago playwright and anthropologist Robert Ardrey after years of observing human nature in action all over the world. His words aptly summarize the theme of Barbara Gaines’ thrilling Tug of War: Foreign Fire, a stage edition of three of Shakespeare’s […]

May 13, 2016 – 2:54 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in from Paul, History, Music, Poetry, Politics, Theater, World Affairs | Comments Off on Chicago Shakespeare’s TUG OF WAR: FOREIGN FIRE: Theatrical Magnificence

Lyric Opera’s Bel Canto: The Music, The Music, The Music

“It has a tremendous variety of expression, of musical ideas. It has a virtuoso quality to it. It has very driven and barbaric moments about it, very lyrical moments, very sensual moments. It has chamber music in the midst of all this bombastic stuff. It’s incredibly exciting.” The words of Leonard Bernstein’s former pupil Yakov […]

January 13, 2016 – 11:04 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Books, Current Events, from Paul, History, Movies, Music, Opera, Politics, Quotations, Theater, World Affairs | Comments Off on Lyric Opera’s Bel Canto: The Music, The Music, The Music