Project #1

University of Denver

1. Melancholy Play
by Sarah Ruhl

“..uneven but potentially entertaining farce..” – Variety
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117927256.html?categoryid=33&cs=1

“In the second act, matters become even more absurdist.”
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/nj/nj272.html

2. The Grapes of Wrath
adapted by Frank Galati from John Steinbeck's novel

“..simple, important drama..”
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?html_title=&tols_title=GRAPES%20OF%20WRATH,%20THE%20(PLAY)&pdate=19900323&byline=By%20FRANK%20RICH&id=1077011432474

“..an indestructible American mythology…”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFDB1F39F935A35753C1A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2

3. Cabaret
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Book by Joe Masteroff

“the most provocative and challenging musical of its day..”
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/musicals/cabaret.html

“..when dealing in musical-comedy..”
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?html_title=&tols_title=CABARET%20(PLAY)&pdate=19871023&byline=By%20FRANK%20RICH&id=1077011429474

4. A Slight Ache
by Harold Pinter

“a simple but unsettling drama..”
http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com/2007/07/review-burlesque-hour-morea-slight-ache.html

“This domestic comedy…”
http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/RNTacheland-rev.htm

5. Lysistrata
By Aristophanes

“one of the greatest comedies ever written…”
http://www.curtainup.com/lysistrata.html

“a new musical adaptation of Aristophanes' anti-war satire…”
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/06-2002/lysistrata_2317.html

6. Othello
by William Shakespeare

“tragic tale of deception and jealousy…”
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/06/105854.php

“…genuine tragedy…”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/sep/29/theatre.shakespeare

7. Pippin
Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
book by Roger O. Hirson

“a rock opera filled with sex…”
http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/reviews/01-2005/pippin_5596.html

“Think carnivale, burlesque, "Broadway Bares," vaudeville…”
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117931281.html?categoryid=33&cs=1

8. One Flea Spare
by Naomi Wallace

“lyrical, self-conscious drama…”
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?html_title=&tols_title=ONE%20FLEA%20SPARE%20(PLAY)&pdate=19970310&byline=By%20BEN%20BRANTLEY&id=1077011431026

“suits the mood of this lyrical play…”
http://inkpot.com/theatre/02reviews/02revonefleaspar.html

9. God of Hell
by Sam Shepard

“ an absurdist but not entirely absurd comedy…”
http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/10461/

“This near-farcical fable…”
http://www.kathyburke.co.uk/pages/plays/The%20God%20of%20Hell/bloomberg-31-10-05.html

10. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard

“Tony-award winning coup-de-spoof…”
http://www.curtainup.com/rosencrantz.html

“a worm's-eye view of tragedy…”
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?html_title=&tols_title=ROSENCRANTZ%20AND%20GUILDENSTERN%20ARE%20DEAD%20(PLAY)&pdate=19671017&byline=By%20CLIVE%20BARNES&id=1077011431294

Denver Center Theatre Company

1. Inana
by Michele Lowe

“Love story.”
http://www.denverpost.com/theater/ci_11465018

"It's a human story. A political thriller. An epic struggle to preserve a culture. A mystery. A ghost story.”
http://www.denverpost.com/theater/ci_11539666

2. Dusty and the Big Bad World
by Cusi Cram

“fact-inspired satiric comedy…”
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/125718.html

“witty political comedy…”
http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_11592750

3. Richard III
by William Shakespeare

“this frequently performed drama…”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051401255.html

“blatant for a such a tragedy…”
http://splicedwire.com/96reviews/richardiii.html

4. August Wilson's Radio Golf
by August Wilson

“Wilson's ten-play cycle depicting African-American life in the 20th century…”
http://www.curtainup.com/radiogolf.html

“is one of his shorter and sprightlier, if less lyrically atmospheric, dramas…”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/11/AR2006041101896.html

5. A Prayer for Owen Meany
a novel by John Irving Adapted by Simon Bent
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6. Sunsets and Margaritas
by José Cruz González

“new comedy…”
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/120574.html

“Mexican-American family are plunged into comic crisis…”
http://calendar.denverpost.com/denver-co/events/show/85140926-sunsets-and-margaritas#

7. Quilters by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek Music and Lyrics by Barbara Damashek
“The musical play…”
http://www.clackamasreview.com/features/story.php?story_id=120407020249319500

“It's not you[r] typical traditional musical…”
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_435850.html

8. Girls Only - The Secret Comedy of Women by Linda Klein and Barbara Gehring
“The spirited comedy…”
http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Events/Theater/Event~407341.aspx

“This original comedy…”
http://broadwayworld.com/article/GIRLS_ONLY_Opens_At_Civic_Centers_Temple_Theater_318510_20090109

9. Chicago Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb Book by Ebb and Bob Fosse
“a musical for the ages…”
http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9A07E1D61F3BF936A25752C1A960958260

10. The Phantom of The Opera Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Charles Hart and additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe
"The ancient roots of the myth ..."
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6477274316&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6477274319&cisb=22_T6477274318&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=257912&docNo=7

"most sumptuous theatrical spectacle.."
http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6477377573&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6477377581&cisb=22_T6477377580&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=314239&docNo=1