This interdisciplinary course considers the power of the stage by focusing on the elements and contexts of symbolic actions, crossing the lines usually drawn between theater, performance art, and performative acts in culture and everyday life. Theater is a symbolic social space, enacting both the community that unites us and the divisions that keep us apart.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - arriving home
The 1966 film version of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, directed by Mike Nichols, is deservedly famous--but it's not really an ideal version of the play. For that, you should see the current Steppenwolf production at Arena Stage. But it does show Elizabeth Taylor in an extraordinary performance, even if she's not exactly right for the role. Everyone should see this movie.
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