Author Archives: Juan-Jacques Aupiais
Serious Memories
There is a persistent problematization and bringing together of objects, memories, and stories in O Where Are You Going? that drives forward the plot but also involves the audience in making sense of the identities of the characters, and which makes this piece of theater so serious and so human. Continue reading
The Death of Nihilism
The success of Theater Intime’s production of “No Exit” and “The Chairs” lies in its refutation of the idea that the existentialists and absurdists were nothing more than nihilists. Continue reading
A Bit of Racy Fun
Princeton audiences keen on musical theatre are in for a treat this weekend with the Black Art Company’s production of Aida, the Tony Award-winning musical inspired by Giuseppe Verdi’s opera classic and transformed into a Broadway hit in 2000 by Tim Rice and Elton John. Continue reading
The Nietzschean and the Chimp
The Master, much like There Will Be Blood, is less exciting as an exercise in history than as an exercise in anthropology – that is, it speaks more to the internal dynamics of social groups than to particular institutions or individuals. Continue reading
