![]() Milwaukee Journal Sentinel critic Mike Fischer called the show “an intriguing” adaptation that’s indebted to both choreographer Jose Limón and Japanese Noh technique. ![]() The show also features new music by Seth Warren-Crow as well as scenic art by the late, legendary Milwaukee artist Schomer Lichtner. Michael Stebbins and Tom Reed make their Gigante debuts as Othello and Iago. Kralj plays Desdemona and Janet Lilly, the head of the Department of Dance at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, plays Emilia. The show debuted in 2004 with a script by Kralj and Anderson and original choreography from Kralj, who has performed with the Slovenian National Theater Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet and Chamber Dance Theater. My Dear Othello by Theatre GiganteĪrtistic directors Isabelle Kralj and Mark Anderson put a new spin on Shakespeare in My Dear Othello, a mix of text and dance that doesn’t retell the Moor’s entire tale, but focuses on an intense story arc involving Othello, Desdemona, Iago and Emilia. Tickets are available online or by calling 41. General admission is $21 with student and senior discounts at $19. Maureen recently appeared in Sunset Playhouse’s The Mousetrap. Soulstice has cast real life husband and wife Michael Chobanoff and Maureen Murphy Chobanoff. The Broadway show was a successful vehicle for Carol Burnett and Philip Bosco, both of whom were nominated for Tony Awards and later got a London production starring Joan Collins and Frank Langella. Critic Vincent Canby called Ludwig “one of those comparatively rare contemporary playwrights who thinks in terms of old-fashioned, knockabout farce.” They get a call from film director Frank Capra, who is considering the couple as replacements for the stars of his current project, “The Twilight of the Scarlet Pimpernel.” Farcical chaos ensues as they prepare for Capra’s arrival and deal with their own marital problems. Set in the 1950s, the show follows George and Charlotte Hay, married traveling actors who perform at a repertory theater in Buffalo, New York. Jillian Smith, artistic director and president of Soulstice Theatre, has created a venue that’s a draw for theater lovers.This week Soulstice launches a production of Moon Over Buffalo, the 1995 Broadway comedy by playwright Ken Ludwig, also known for his Tony Award-winning Broadway plays Lend Me a Tenor and Crazy for You. The mix of shows have been pretty adventurous and the reviews have typically been good. ![]() Far from the Third Ward or Downtown, where audiences are accustomed to seeing theater, Soulstice Theatre has been producing high quality shows in the residential quiet of suburban St. ![]()
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