Author: Murray Ross
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Guest column by Murray Ross, director of TheatreWorks’ ‘Everyman’
These days people have no more luck escaping death than they did in the 15th century, but we are a lot better at hiding it from public view. Perhaps no time before or since was more preoccupied with death than the late Middle Ages, when the skeletal figure with his scythe was everywhere — in…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Murray Ross on ‘You Can’t Take It With You’
CHECK OUT THE GO! PREVIEW OF “YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU.” Nearly everyone has heard of the great American playwrights: Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller.Not so many people know George S. Kaufman, which is surprising, considering that he dominated American theater during the middle of the last century. For 37 straight years…
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GUEST COLUMNIST: Murray Ross on ‘Chad Deity’
Editor’s note: This column invites administrators of local arts and literary organizations to write, in their own words, about aspects of upcoming events. You may have heard that our new show is about wrestling — and it is. You may be prepared for super-kicks and power-bombs when you show up ringside at TheatreWorks, and you…
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Murray Ross on ‘The Glass Menagerie:’ Between cats and unicorns
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: This column invites local organizations to write about interesting aspects of upcoming events in their own words. Tennessee Williams called “The Glass Menagerie” “a memory play.” The memory belongs to the character of…
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TheatreWorks returns to Rock Ledge with love, language and ‘Loves Labor’s Lost’
Editor’s note: This column invites local arts and entertainment organizations to preview upcoming events in their own words. Summer nights and Shakespeare have become a national pastime all over America, and for the past 29 years TheatreWorks has made sure Shakespeare has played well in the Pikes Peak Region. The acclaimed professional company celebrates Shakespeare…