Review – PUFF: BELIEVE IT OR NOT at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

Review – PUFF: BELIEVE IT OR NOT at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

Ranjit Bolt’s world premiere adaptation is full of all the plotting, panache and pith that are hallmarks of the style. Yet while the style and era are far from our own, the message is not.

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Review: GREAT EXPECTATIONS at Remy Bumppo and Silk Road Rising

Review: GREAT EXPECTATIONS at Remy Bumppo and Silk Road Rising

Playwright Tanika Gupta finds the right formula to adapt Charles Dickens’ 1861 novel through an Indian perspective.

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Lyric Opera’s BEL CANTO Lands Nationwide PBS Broadcast

Lyric Opera’s BEL CANTO Lands Nationwide PBS Broadcast

“All of us at Lyric are delighted to share the excitement of the world premiere of Bel Canto with the Great Performances audience,” says Anthony Freud, Lyric’s general director, president and CEO.

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Remy’s PYGMALION Offers a Fresh Take On The Shaw Classic

Remy’s PYGMALION Offers a Fresh Take On The Shaw Classic

As a patchouli splashed undergrad, I studied PYGMALION and cooed about its societal statements while snubbing the subtitle of romance. The political themes? Yes. The indictment on the classes? Absolutely. A manifesto on the importance of education for self-determination? Damn straight. But an amorous antidote? Not so much.

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