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Raven Theatre’s sharp image of ‘Vieux Carré’ evokes turning point for playwright Williams

May 18, 2014 – 11:42 pm | 4,097 views
Jane (Eliza Stoughton) and her lover Tye (Joel Reitsma) are part of the motley band in the Vieux Carre. (Dean LaPrairie)

Review: Raven Theatre’s very fine production of Tennessee Williams’ “Vieux Carré” bespeaks that lyrical playwright in the long, sad twilight of his creative career and, indeed, his life. It is a look back into the predawn of Williams’ emergence as an important voice, a play filled with rich characters of meager means, and the lean, fierce eloquence of this account directed by Cody Estle gets it wonderfully right. ★★★★

‘Good Boys and True’ at Raven: The fast track throws some curves into the path of privilege

Apr 2, 2014 – 4:00 pm | 14,372 views
Brandon (Will Kiley, left) and Justin (Derek Herman) have forged a close bond. (Dean LaPraiie)

Review: One always comes away from a play performance, whether the staged work is new or familiar, with a single dominant impression. It may be a complex impression, but there’s always that ruling aspect, the starting point from which the conversation evolves. In the case of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s “Good Boys and True” at Raven Theater, it is a sense of relentless circularity. ★★

Theater 2013-14: The lure of a different life links Raven trips to ‘Bountiful’ and beyond

Sep 4, 2013 – 2:25 pm | 4,399 views
Millie Hurley as Carrie Watts in 'A Trip to Bountiful,' which opens the Raven Theatre 2013-14 season.

Tenth in a series of season previews: From the season opener, Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful” to the finale with Tennessee Williams’s “The Vieux Carré,” the 2013-14 lineup of plays at Raven Theatre centers on what artistic director Michael Menendian calls “that little ache in our heart, the secret longing for a different life.”

‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’ at Raven: A young man’s fancy swings from baseball to – sex!

May 20, 2013 – 11:22 pm | 13,025 views
Sophia Menendian, left, with Elizabeth Stenholt in Brighton Beach Memoirs credit Dean LaPrairie

Review: ★★★★

‘Boy Gets Girl’ at Raven: She says sayonara, his bouquets turn to blood-curdling threats

Feb 18, 2013 – 3:53 pm | 4,527 views
Kristin-Collins-in-Boy-Gets-Girl-by-Rebecca-Gilman-at-Raven-2013-credit-Dean-LaPrairie

Review: ★★★★