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Vol XXXIV No. 129

Friday, April 27, 2001

  `Gypsy' roams onto O'Laughlin stage
With its first musical in six years, SMC lights up a spectacular performance
By MATT KILLEN
Scene Theatre Critic

Musical theatre returns to South Bend this weekend as the Saint Mary's Theatre Department performs "Gypsy" at the Moreau Center for the Arts. This 1960 musical by Arthur Larents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim follows the story of Rose (played by ... [more]


The monster in the mirror
FTT's production of "Oedipus Rex" explores the timelessness of this tragedy
By C. SPENCER BEGGS
Scene Theatre Critic

The stage is bathed in a chilling crimson, which casts dark shadows across the actors' faces that glare menacingly into the darkness. Their bodies pulsate to the rhythm of frenzied drumming and their solemn voices cast the room into a dizzying ... [more]