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We'll leave the debates over why the Irish are such champions of the written word -- Is it the island's strong oral traditions surrounding the seanchai, or storyteller? The rich vein of Celtic folklore? The really awesome beer? -- to folks who are much smarter and more sober. The Irish count four No ... More >>

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We'll leave the debates over why the Irish are such champions of the written word -- Is it the island's strong oral traditions surrounding the seanchai, or storyteller? The rich vein of Celtic folklore? The really awesome beer? -- to folks who are much smarter and more sober. The Irish count four No ... More >>

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We'll leave the debates over why the Irish are such champions of the written word -- Is it the island's strong oral traditions surrounding the seanchai, or storyteller? The rich vein of Celtic folklore? The really awesome beer? -- to folks who are much smarter and more sober. The Irish count four No ... More >>

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We'll leave the debates over why the Irish are such champions of the written word -- Is it the island's strong oral traditions surrounding the seanchai, or storyteller? The rich vein of Celtic folklore? The really awesome beer? -- to folks who are much smarter and more sober. The Irish count four No ... More >>

Minimalism to the Max

We'll leave the debates over why the Irish are such champions of the written word -- Is it the island's strong oral traditions surrounding the seanchai, or storyteller? The rich vein of Celtic folklore? The really awesome beer? -- to folks who are much smarter and more sober. The Irish count four No ... More >>

Tides Theatre Maximizes the Minimalist Waiting for Godot

"A country road. A tree. Evening." So go the opening stage directions of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, one of the most important plays of the 20th century. But if the set description seems minimal, Tides Theatre's interpretation of them is anything but. "It's almost like you can see the tr ... More >>

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"A country road. A tree. Evening." So go the opening stage directions of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, one of the most important plays of the 20th century. But if the set description seems minimal, Tides Theatre's interpretation of them is anything but. "It's almost like you can see the tr ... More >>

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"A country road. A tree. Evening." So go the opening stage directions of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, one of the most important plays of the 20th century. But if the set description seems minimal, Tides Theatre's interpretation of them is anything but. "It's almost like you can see the tr ... More >>

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What in Godot's Name?

Is doing Beckett by the book better than taking liberties with the famously controlling writer's texts?

Waiting for Bordeaux

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Yours, Mine & Ours lowers the bar for miserable remakes

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Cutting Edge

Progressive and contemporary music get along

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The Tired Nut

The last days of San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker as we know it

Texts for Mothing

This mesmerizing one-man show treats Beckett's language like sculpture

Waiting for Godot

Subterranean Shakespeare production

Fringe Character

Just another beautiful night in the Tenderloin, sampling the Fringe Festival and the Virgin Queen Contest

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

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Un-Happiness

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The Jammer's the Thing

The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

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The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

Riff Raff

The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

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The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

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The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

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The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

Second Time Around

The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

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The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

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The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

Speech Effects

The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

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The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

Sez Who?

Home(less) alone in Larry Hankin's Emmett Sez:

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