by Gerald C. Rivers | Jul 26, 2014 | Dr. King
CHANNELING MARTIN LUTHER KING AND SOJOURNER TRUTH Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum was born out of the darkest days and suffering of McCarthyism. As part of the company’s education work, and from its earliest days, they have presented an Americana show. Earnestine...
by Gerald C. Rivers | Jun 24, 2014 | Theater
Considered one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies by such luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Percy Bysshe Shelley, King Lear also has been taken to task for its wanton cruelty by the likes of Samuel Johnson, and writers Charles Lamb and A.C. Bradley have...
by Gerald C. Rivers | Jun 19, 2014 | Theater
Considered Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, Theatricum artistic director Ellen Geer takes on the title role of the aging monarch that sees Lear divide her kingdom and test the loyalty of her three sons. Yet, this Lear, directed and interpreted by Ellen Geer and Melora...
by Gerald C. Rivers | Jun 17, 2014 | Theater
The Theatricum Botanicum summer production of Lear is a must see. The outdoor theater is one of the most beautiful in all of Southern California with an ambiance that is both inviting and magical all at once, as if you’ve unknowingly stepped into a summer Narnia and...
by Gerald C. Rivers | Jun 13, 2014 | Theater
A frightening thing happens when a woman plays the title role in a gender-reversed King Lear; the betrayal and revenge between mother and sons takes on an added level of horror. What was already tragic to begin with, as originally written for a father and daughters,...
