Project #1 Professional: Kansas City Repertory Theatre

Radio Golf
by August Wilson

"The production that opened last night at the Cort Theater, directed by Kenny Leon, has the crackle of a bustling comedy crossed with an old-fashioned melodrama."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/theater/reviews/09radio.html

"Wilson's...intense drama"

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/12/DDVR13D5SM.DTL

The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams

"New production of Tennessee Williams’s heartbreaking 1945 “memory play.”"

http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/11599/

"Tennessee Williams’ 1944 drama, his first great success"

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_stage_theat/2008/10/theater-revie-2.html

The Arabian Nights
by Mary Zimmerman

Zimmerman plays fast and loose with time and space, sprawling her drama across a stunning landscape of the imagination.

http://www.villagetheatrewaterdown.ca/Arabian%20Nights/arabian%20nights%20spectator%20review.htm

It balances comedy with tragedy and universalizes moral truth through the filter of individual characters. 

http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32919596_ITM

A Flea in Her Ear
by Georges Feydeau

It is Charon's first movie and it shows in the pacing that might seem slow in a drama but is positively elephantine in a bedroom farce.

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E06E5DD1730E034BC4051DFB7678383679EDE

This excellent farce works as a modern comedy.

http://www.chicagocritic.com/html/a_flea_in_her_ear.html

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens

"A Christmas Carol plugs us into the drama that captured the world's imagination"

http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/Reviews/C/A_Christmas_Carol/2006/12/08/2686283.html

Theaterworks/NYC has dusted off the old Dickens skinflint for its welcome musical version of "A Christmas Carol."

http://theater2.nytimes.com/2005/12/17/theater/reviews/17chri.html

Doubt
by John Patrick Shanley

Above all, Doubt, is an engrossing drama

http://www.curtainup.com/doubt.html

"A tragedy about secrecy and rigidity destroying the lives of at least four players."

http://dirtyharrysplace.com/?p=6462

To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee

"An emotional courtroom drama about rape"

http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/pre2000/tokillamockingbird.html

"The play is not a tragedy, though there are truly tragic elements here. It is not a comedy in the classic sense because a beloved character dies a tragic death."

http://www.blogtheberkshires.com/theater/2008/10/to_kill_a_mockingbird.html#more

A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry

"This compassionate human drama still works its magic on our emotions."

http://www.curtainup.com/raisininthesun.html

 "A Raisin In The Sun, is a tragi-comedy also mainly employing the dramatic techniques of contrast, parody and sarcasm. "

http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/12053.html

Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
"Little women is a coming of age drama tracing the lives of four sisters."

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Women-Katharine-Hepburn/dp/B00005NRO2

Part comedy of manners, part morality tale, Little Women is more interested in its heroines "conquering themselves" than in a man conquering their hearts.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1012524-little_women/

Pirates of Penzance
by Gilbert and Sullivan

"Gilbert continued his practice of throwing his characters into an utterly ridiculous situation and then treating the drama with great seriousness."

http://www.answers.com/topic/the-pirates-of-penzance

"Gilbert and Sullivan's ever popular comedy"

http://www.sacramento365.com/event/detail/34099