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Bob, perhaps not a Great Man, but a Great Play
Jeffrey Binder as BOB and Aysan Celik, Photo by Alan Simons In the interest of full disclosure, I wanted to see Bob because I know there was some connection to White Castle. I, like many, have a...
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Dracula Will Surprise, Scare You
Joseph Midyett as Harker, Rufio Lerma as Dracula and Wiiliam McNulty as Van in Fifth Third Bank’s Dracula Actors Theatre of Louisville, 2011 Photo by Alan Simons Actors Theatre is in its 17th year of...
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Actors’ Play Shows Military POV
The new play at Actors’ Theatre is a big deal in the military community, and has been performed on military bases all over the world. But it provides a more valuable insight into the minds of those who...
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Fundamentally Good and Bad Guys ‘Rassle at Actors
I’m proud to say I’ve never been to a professional wrestling event, but I can imagine the atmosphere is a little bit like it was last night at Actors Theatre for the press night performance of “The...
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‘Chad Diety’ will Enthral Most while Enriching All
'The Champ' makes his elaborate entrance; Chad Deity as portrayed by Kamal Bolden Among the opening scenes of ‘The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety’ there is an interaction between a young Macedonio...
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Actors’ New Play is “Hysterical”
"In The Next Room" is at Actors through Feb. 18 If you go to the Actors Theatre production of “In the Next Room,” be prepared to snicker. You will snicker because the subject matter of the play in the...
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Brezinka Promises to Be One Hell of a Poster Boy
Tonight the Louisville Graphic Design Association, in cahoots with Actors Theatre, will host a presentation by award-winning artist Wayne Brezinka, the illustrator of this year’s Humana Festival...
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Modern Life on Stage at Actors
You will love “Eat Your Heart Out”, one of the Humana Festival of New American Plays entries, if you. . . are a single Mom struggling to balance work, parenthood and dating. Or if you are part of a...
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Appropriate, at Actors, Looks at Modern Family Dysfunction
God knows they’re all dear to me But if the truth be told, I like it when they come, But I love it when they go. I’m sure they’ve got good qualities But the bad ones cover them up. I don’t like half...
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Gnit-Picking at Actors Theatre
If you go to Gnit, in the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre, know that you may walk out scratching your head and wondering the meaning of what you’ve just seen. While I’ve become...
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Rusty Gets Some Culture With Gill Holland and Kirsty Gaukel
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE This may be the greatest Rusty Satellite Show yet. But #11 did have a technical glitch, as I always expected would happen sometime during my venture into the world of sound....
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It’s a Merry Bunch of Pirates in Actors Theatre’s “Penzance”
“The Pirates of Penzance” is playing at Actors Theatre through Feb. 4. For tickets, click here. At first, it seemed I’d gone to a play and a Laua party had broken out. It’s clear from the moment you...
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Raving on Rusty #36: Shoni Schimmel, Dawn Yankeelov and an Update on Karen...
The Rusty Satellite Show is mostly a labor of love for me. I am grateful that Passport Health Plan sponsors the show, but my motivation is really tied to the fact that the show gives me an opportunity...
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It’s the Money that Separates “Partners” in Humana Festival Play
Never before in America, or Kentucky, has there been more talk about acceptance of and prohibitions against all things gay. And when I read the previews for “Partners”, a new Humana Festival play, I...
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At Actors, “Christians” Questions Churches’ Use of Fear
The only way to make the atmosphere more church-like at Actors Theatre’s “The Christians” would have been to replace the plush seats with pews. Lucas Hnath’s play opens with a singing choir and...
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Bracket Distractions — Arts and Business and Politics
It’s always good to have some friends who don’t pay attention to the same things you do — it offers perspective. What’s important to you (whether U of L will be a #2 seed or #3 seed in the NCAA...
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Cultural Differences, and Plentiful Options, in the ‘Ville
Among the reasons I really enjoy doing the Rusty Satellite Show is the opportunity to learn a little about a lot of things from the rich roster of guests I have been able to convince to spend 15...
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Tribes at Actors is a Focus on Family Dynamic
John Judd, Ryan Spahn, Alex Olson, Meg Thalken and Monique Barbee in TribesPhoto by Bill Brymer Tribes, now playing at Actors Theatre, is about a really loud family in which Mom, Dad, Brother and...
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The Brothers Size Brings Powerful Performances
The Brothers Size, currently being performed at Actors Theatre, is promoted as a “lyrical tale of brotherly love (that) explores the tension between fear and desire on the elusive road to freedom.”...
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Butchertown, Ben Sollee Are the Stars of Actors’“At the Vanishing Point”
At The Vanishing Point, currently playing at Actors Theatre, might not be so riveting if it took place in another city, or another neighborhood. But the way it uses Louisville’s Butchertown...
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