by Brian | Oct 2, 2012 | Blog, The Play About the Baby
Catching up a bit on reviews, but they have all been fantastic!
“This production evokes new appreciation of the clicking mind behind one of America’s theatrical treasures.” – Stacy Trevenon, Stage and Cinema
“…a polished gem of black comedy.” – Charles Kruger , Examiner.com
Director Brian Katz’s production is surreal, riotous, troubling, intimate and heartbreaking….This is a must for Albee fans and a pleasing outing for anyone who enjoys thinking person’s drama.” – Richard Connema, Forallevents.
Woot! Come check out what all the raving is about – only eight shows left!
by Brian | Sep 13, 2012 | Blog, The Play About the Baby
We got our first two reviews today, and they are both very positive.
First from Lee Hartgrave, writing for ForAllEvents.com
“The Actors are “Awesome!”… They deserve a couple of Oscars… What a show! – “Wonderful and imaginative!” 4/4 Glasses of Champaign. (ed-Yum!)
https://leehartgraveforallevents.blogspot.com/2012/09/albees-play-about-baby-compelling.html
And next from Kedar Adour, our Theatre MD (never a bad idea to have around!)
“a great cast… devious and inventive… this reviewer highly recommends seeing another side of Albee….you should not miss this production!”
https://forallevents.info/reviews/the-play-about-the-baby-has-a-great-cast/
by Brian | Sep 11, 2012 | Blog, The Play About the Baby
Enjoy our new gallery. Note: these photos are web-sized. Press, please go to https://www.custommade.org/press for high resolution photos.
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by Brian | Sep 3, 2012 | Blog, The Play About the Baby
Edward Albee’s The Play About the Baby Production Stills. Click on any thumbnail for the full sized image, then right click to save high resolution photo.
Previews begin Sept 7th! Get your tickets at https://www.custommade.org/tickets
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by Brian | Jul 30, 2012 | Blog, The Merchant of Venice
They just keep coming, check ’em out!
From Lee Hartgrave, writing for BeyondChron.com and Lee Hartgrave Tonight! https://leehartgraveforallevents.blogspot.com/
From Richard Connema, writing for ForAllEvents.com https://forallevents.info/reviews/richard-connema/
and finally a capsule review in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, which you can find here now, but it might disappear later, so here’s the text:
Custom Made Theater presents director Stuart Bousel’s generally sharp staging of Shakespeare’s perennially controversial but often-misunderstood play. The lively if uneven production ensures the involved storyline cannot be reduced to the problematical nature of its notorious Jewish villain, Shylock (played with a compellingly burdened intensity by a quick Catz Forsman), but rather has to be seen in a wider landscape of desire in which money, status, sex, gender, political and ethnic affiliations, and human bodies all mix, collide, and negotiate. To this end, this Merchant is set amid a contemporary financial district coterie (given plenty of scope in Sarah Phykitt’s thoughtfully pared-down scenic design), where titular melancholic businessman Antonio (Ryan Hayes) sticks his neck out (or anyway a pound of flesh) for his beloved friend Bassanio (Dashiell Hillman) — no doubt the unspoken source of Antonio’s brooding heart as staged here — as the latter seeks a loan with which to court the lovely and brilliant Portia (a winning Megan Briggs). While the subplot concerning the wooing and flight of Shylock’s daughter, Jessica (Kim Saunders), is less adeptly rendered, fluid pacing and a confident sense of the priorities of the drama overall offer a satisfying encounter with this fascinatingly subtle play. (Avila)
A "family" portrait
Oh, what a wangled teb they weave
BOY and GIRL in the clover
BOY and WOMAN - "Mountain Climbing"