The Threepenny Opera — Villanova Theatre at Vasey Hall
Kurt Weill’s insistent tingel-tangel score for “The Threepenny Opera” pervades the Vasey Hall stage, with horns and drum pumping to a martial beat that sometimes turns lyrical and satirically elegant. … Continue reading
Michael & Edie — Villanova Theatre at Vasey Hall
Rachel Bonds’s characters love and are gifted at prose. As both speakers and appreciators. The title figures of her play, “Michael & Edie,” work in a second-hand bookstore in a … Continue reading
Big Love — Villanova Theatre at Vasey
Two musical interludes that had nothing to do with the plot count as my favorite moments in the Villanova production of “Big Love” at Vasey Theatre. The first is a … Continue reading
Fallen Angels — Villanova Theatre
A tone of tasteful sophistication is set the minute you enter Villanova’s Vasey Theatre and see the elegant deco furnishings designer, Paris Bradley, and director, Rev. David Cregan, have chosen … Continue reading
The School for Lies — Villanova Theatre
In litigious Paris of 1666, an errant word, a just but insulting criticism, or any hint of gossip, even verifiable gossip, can land an unlucky person in court for slander, … Continue reading
