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Jun.23.2011
Mother (Madeline H.D. Brown), Grete (Megan Trout), Father (Allen McKelvey), Gregor (Alexander Crowther) Metamorphosis at Aurora Theatre
by Ben Marks
One of the few quiet moments in the original film version of The Producers comes fairly early on, when the camera settles in on a bleary-eyed Leo...
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Jun.22.2011
Aurora’s Metamorphosis: a black farce that might bug you
Gregor (front, Alexander Crowther) runs from his father (r. Allen McKelvey) as his sister Grete and mother (c. l-r, Megan Trout, Madeline H.D. Brown) look onPhoto: David Allen
By Niclas Ericsson
What does one do when a close family member one...
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Jun.18.2011
Review: Aurora Theatre delivers gripping, disturbing version of Kafka's 'Metamorphosis'By Karen D'Souza
Franz Kafka goes back to the future in the Aurora Theatre Company's creepy '50s incarnation of "Metamorphosis."
Wildly innovative director Mark Jackson,...
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Jun.15.2011
Kafka's third book: The Metamorphosis 5 Questions with Metamorphosis director Mark Jackson
“Metamorphosis wouldn’t make as good a film, I think, because the bug would inevitably be rendered in CGI, leaving nothing to the audience’s imagination.”
BY CLINTON STARK
Gregor (c. Alexander...
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Jun.12.2011
Kafka Mark Jackson takes on 'Metamorphosis'
Robert Hurwitt, Chronicle Theater Critic
"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed into ..." Right, that's the opening of Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis," the unobtrusive 1915 short story...
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Jun.10.2011
Kathryn Hunter, an actress best known for Shakespeare roles such as Cleopatra and a female King Lear, is cast as an ape in ``Kafka's Monkey.'' The play is coming to the end of its run at London's Young Vic theater. Photograph: Keith Pattison/ Young Vic via Bloomberg.
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Jun.01.2011
Many years ago I was a member of a dance group which often worked improvisationally. I found that in order to successfully “work” on a piece, I had to change my orientation. Instead of closing myself down to everything but my defined task, I discovered I needed an open, free response to...
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May.06.2011
Franz Kafka
(3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924)
Franz Kafka was born to middle class German-speaking Jewish parents in Prague, Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic.)
K METAMORPHOSIS Closes Aurora Theatre Season
Closing Aurora Theatre Company's 19th season is the first professional American...
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May.02.2011
tiny Kafka with neither mouse nor cat
'The Meowmorphosis': A big fuzzy kitten goes Kafkaesque -- TRAILERby Anthony Breznican
They’ve joined zombies and Jane Austen, androids and Leo Tolstoy, and now Quirk Books is taking a very soft and cuddly kitten on a journey through the disturbed imagination...
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Apr.22.2011
For Derek Jacobi, Now Is the Time for a Certain Role By SARAH LYALL Johan Persson
Derek Jacobi as the title character in “King Lear.” The play, directed by Michael Grandage, begins performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Thursday.
Johan Persson
Derek Jacobi performing in “King Lear”...
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