South Coast Repertory

BROTHER IS BYWORD

A theme unites a weekend’s activities Five events, randomly spread across a late September weekend, had, in retrospect, a common thread. Though never the focus, a different aspect of brotherhood was part of each, whether it was a Friday night Dodger game, a Saturday night dance performance, a morning fundraising walk, or matinees of ‘American

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Matthew Arkin and Blake Lindsley in the world premiere of The Whale at South Coast Repertory in 2013.

NO SMALL PARTS

NO SMALL PARTS The Brothers Arkin get swallowed by whales by CRISTOFER GROSS L]/dropcap]arger-than-life characters, from Achilles and Lysistrata to FDR and Harriett Tubman, are literature’s meat-and-potatoes. How the everyman reaches greatness, or how the mighty fall, fuels both inspirational stories and cautionary tales that share what it means to be human. In Herman Melville’s

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SWEENEY TODD

A SONDHEIM SUMMIT SCR services ‘Sweeney Todd’ well with a soaring production that gives voice to the master’s masterwork. by CRISTOFER GROSS n the second half of the 20th Century, Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for 14 full productions and lyrics for another half-dozen. The range of subjects and styles he explored gave

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AMY FREED’S SHREW!

Bettering the bard Amy Freed throws herself into a revision of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. by CRISTOFER GROSS ike a titanic father figure, William Shakespeare has cast a shadow over four succeeding centuries of playwrights. Were he somehow watching each descendant generation he would surely take personal pride in those he inspired to soaring

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