Albuquerque’s annual celebration of storytelling featuring stories performed by local storytellers Steven Pla, George Williams, Sarah (Juba) Addison, and visiting storyteller Pete Griffin from Juneau, Alaska.
Adapted from the Broadway hit, A Year With Frog And Toad KIDS is based on Arnold Lobel's well-loved books. Part vaudeville, part make-believe, the play tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons. This tale is brought to you by the Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company.
Performances will take place at South Broadway Cultural Center (1025 Broadway SE) on Feb. 12 and Feb. 13 at 7 pm and on February 14 at 2 pm. Tickets are $10 per person for reserved seating and are available at southbroadwaytickets.com.
For more information on events and activities at SBCC, visit cabq.gov/sbcc or call 311.
What would happen if Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis sat down to debate? A play put on by the Fusion Theatre Company asks just that. It will be in Albuquerque tonight and tomorrow night at 8 p.m. at the South Broadway Cultural Center (1025 Broadway SE). Then, it moves onto The Lensic Theater in Santa Fe (211 West San Francisco). Alibi theater critic Leigh Hile’s got the scoop.
Tom Stoppard’s existential masterwork Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is in its last weekend at Theatre X (in the basement of UNM’s Center for the Arts). Alibi theater critic Leigh Hile reviewed the ambitious production.
Bit characters from Hamlet wander to their demise at Theatre X
By Leigh Hile
This is no spoiler: “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead.” An ambassador from England announces this at the end of Hamlet and this masterpiece from Tom Stoppard. Anyone who is familiar with Hamlet or has even read the title of Stoppard's classic absurdist drama has a pretty good idea of where they play's action is headed. Even the protagonists, at various turns in the story, know they're going to die, though they either forget or willfully ignore the information upon receiving it every time.
The premise may sound familiar as our real presidential election approaches, but this piece written by David Mamet is so absurd and pointless that it fails to connect to anything bearing resemblance to reality.
Timeless themes dominate theatre offerings in Albuquerque over the next couple of days. Theatre X hosts Metamorphoses, the Adobe’s got Pride and Prejudice, and Vortex has Death of a Salesman.
House theatre reviewer Leigh Hile digs into the sprawling historical dramatization of the Battle of Gettysburg. The play is perfect for history buffs, Hile writes, and will be at The Filling Station through Sunday.
The Killer Angels
Runs through Sept. 30
Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m.
Saturday at 6 p.m.
Sunday at 2 p.m.
The Filling Station
1024 Fourth Street SW
Tickets: $18 general admission, $12 students and seniors, $10 for all Thursday shows
Mother Road brings the Battle of Gettysburg to life
By Leigh Hile
Featuring a cast of almost 30 characters representing real historical figures, The Killer Angels attempts to dramatize the events surrounding the Civil War’s pivotal Battle of Gettysburg
