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Theater: Staging the World Versus Re-Staging the World

Playwrights create worlds; this we all know. By “world,” I mean the conditions of time, space, and viewpoint depicted in the play that we must accept, if only temporarily, if we are to understand the characters who inhabit that world and the playwright’s point-of-view. Most plays present either a world that needs to be overhauled…


New Mexico Prosecutors: Man Accused in Deadly Movie Theater Shooting Is a Danger to the Community

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—A man accused in a deadly movie theater shooting in New Mexico’s largest city is a danger to the community and should be held pending trial, prosecutors said in a motion filed Thursday. They outlined their arguments for keeping Enrique Padilla jailed as the 19-year-old made his first court appearance on charges that include…


Laguna’s Pageant of the Masters is 90 Years Old

On a summer evening after attending an exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum, my artist daughter and I walked the serene streets of Laguna Village. A grace to this town stood out from the atmosphere of other Southern California beach towns: art galleries on just about every block, a 1923 Craftsman home turned popular dining…


AMC to Charge More for Good Seats in Movie Theaters

NEW YORK—Middle seats at many U.S. movie theaters just got more expensive. AMC Theaters, the nation’s largest movie theater chain, on Monday unveiled a new pricing scheme in which seat location determines how much your movie ticket costs. Seats in the middle of the auditorium will cost a dollar or two more, while seats in…


Canadian Theater Sparks Backlash After Announcing Performances for ‘Black-Identifying Audiences’

A government-funded Canadian theater organization has come under fire after announcing that it will be holding an event for only “black-identifying audiences.” The National Arts Centre (NAC) in Ottawa announced the “Black Out Night” event on its official website on Jan. 16. According to the theater, the “award-winning presentation of Aleshea Harris’s Is God Is will run…


‘Is He Dead?’: Mark Twain Comes Back to Life

To read a play rather than watch it performed is a bit like eating a beef burrito without the accoutrements of salsa, guacamole, or onions. You get the meat of the thing, but it lacks all flair. The test of this recipe is simple. Have your teenagers read Shakespeare’s “Henry V.” Next, have them watch…


The Play House (1921)

After waking up from his wacky dream, a theater stagehand inadvertently causes havoc everywhere he works. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus…


A Unique College Program Helps Students Hone Important Life Skills Through Performing Shakespeare Plays

After school one day, a gregarious and confident sixth-grade student named Travis Curtright told his mother about his plans to be a stand-up comedian. In a way, his dream came to fruition, for professionally he draws out the comedic genius of William Shakespeare as the Director of Shakespeare in Performance at Ave Maria University. It…


Charlie Chaplin: A Night in the Show (1915)

Mr. Pest tries several theater seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby, he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours beer down on Mr. Pest and Edna. He attacks patrons,…


Couple Renovating Dilapidated Old Building Stumble on 60-Foot Century-Old Murals Hidden Behind the Walls

When Air Force vet Nicholas Timm, 40, bought a dilapidated building in Okanogan, Washington, at the end of last year, he stumbled upon a lost work of art behind the walls. Carrying out demolition work with his crew in January, he was removing plaster from a wall when he glimpsed something unexpected. “A spot caught my…