Exit/Exist at On The Boards Finds The Whole Man Beneath A Shattered South Africa

StefanDW — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:48:13 +0000

Out of the darkness text appears on a scrim. There is music, a loop with sounds played backwards. Then a figure appears in a shining suit standing down center, his back to the audience. His arms rise and his movements are small and sharp as the whispering squeals of guitar strings played close in on … Continue reading →

From “Master Harold” to “Mud,” Small Shows Deliver Big

Michael van Baker — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:14:30 +0000

Athol Fugard's play was seemingly everywhere after its 1982 premiere, first as a challenge to apartheid, then as its obituary. To see it now is to be struck by how unerring Fugard is in finding the personal in racism's sustenance (bitterness, shame, striving). Apartheid boycotts are not in the headlines, but South Africa is still peopled by those wounded by the shorthand of skin color for social class.

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Exit/Exist at On The Boards Finds The Whole Man Beneath A Shattered South Africa

From “Master Harold” to “Mud,” Small Shows Deliver Big