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Some great stories not only stand the test of time but go on to inspire great art for generations to come. Homer’s Odyssey, the story of Trojan War hero Odysseus’ journey from the battlefield to his home and family is one such masterpiece. Over 2,500 years after it was written (or spoken), The Odyssey continues to shape a sizable portion o...

Art That Drinks from the Well of ‘The Odyssey’

Historical and contemporary. Dramatic and vaudevillian. A big show and a personal story. The words Jo Bonney uses to describe Father Comes Home From The Wars by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks are full of contradictions. As is the production itself—and with good reason—said Bonney, who is directing the show’s run at the Mark Tape...

Jo Bonney Directs an Intimate Epic, a Contemporary History

It was December 1974—one of those monochromatic winter days in Paris when the sky, the streets, and the river all seem to turn the same shade of gray.

Samuel Beckett in Prison

On January 3, 2011, “Women Laughing Alone With Salad” became a thing. Edith Zimmerman, editor of The Hairpin, a general-interest website aimed at women, published a post featuring 18 stock photos of women in various states of hysterics over bowls filled with iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli, melon and berries, and the occasional cucumber sli...

What's So Funny About Salad?

In this age of bagged lettuce and pre-washed kale, meals don’t get much easier than salad. But it’s a little different when leafy greens take center stage, as they do in Women Laughing Alone With Salad, which plays the Kirk Douglas Theatre through April 3, 2016. Center Theatre Group’s prop team had to draw on their artistry, creativity, ingen...