Category Archives: Theology

THE MET’S LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST- AMERICA’S OPERA WORLD PREMIERE

Heidi Waleson’s new history of the New York City Opera Mad Scenes and Exit Arias makes clear that the Metropolitan Opera was no friend to its Lincoln Center neighbor. The occasion of the Met’s production of Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West should remind us that the Met has never welcomed any rival to its place […]

October 28, 2018 – 1:32 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Acting, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Music, Opera, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on THE MET’S LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST- AMERICA’S OPERA WORLD PREMIERE

THE MET”S SAMSON AND DALILA: THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMISTICE

One hundred years ago, on November 2, 1918, the Metropolitan Opera opened its season with a Jubilee Victory Celebration of the end of World War One during a performance of Saint-Saens’ Samson and Dalila. Enrico Caruso, a fervent champion of the allied cause, had been  barnstorming the country with Al Jolson, George M Cohan,  and […]

October 21, 2018 – 4:08 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Acting, Current Events, Dance, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Music, Opera, Quotations, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on THE MET”S SAMSON AND DALILA: THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMISTICE

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY – A THIN PLACE FOLK OPERA

Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan asked Conor McPherson, the world’s greatest English-language playwright, if he would be interested in using his songs in a theater piece. The result is the magnificent folk-opera Girl from the North Country. Critics of the work ignore the key to understanding the work’s deep center: Conor McPherson was most interested […]

October 14, 2018 – 11:23 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Acting, Books, Dance, from Paul, History, Music, Opera, Poetry, Quotations, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY – A THIN PLACE FOLK OPERA

NT’S CHICHESTER KING LEAR: A FATHER ABUSED, A FATHER RESCUED

  The recent discovery by University of Roehampton Shakespeare historian Glyn Parry that Shakespeare’s father, John, was driven into debt through betrayal by secret informers, may give insight into the playwright’s depiction of fathers in his plays. John Shakespeare, like Timon of Athens, had large debts and writs against him, including ones authorizing sheriffs to arrest […]

September 28, 2018 – 9:56 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Acting, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Movies, Poetry, Quotations, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on NT’S CHICHESTER KING LEAR: A FATHER ABUSED, A FATHER RESCUED

LITTLE THEATRE of VIRGINIA BEACH: YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU – THE HOSPITALITY OF GRANDPA

  “Foxy Grandpa”, “Money in the Bank”, “They Loved Each Other”, “The King is Naked”, and “Grandpa’s Other Snake” were all rejected as titles by playwrights George S. Kaufman and his young collaborator Moss Hart.[i] They finally settled on “You Can’t Take It with You.” The expression is very old, possibly dating from St. Paul’s […]

September 24, 2018 – 9:37 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in from Paul, History, Men and Women, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on LITTLE THEATRE of VIRGINIA BEACH: YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU – THE HOSPITALITY OF GRANDPA