With the Reds away in Arizona and another
story already planned on UC this week, I was left pondering what to do
to fill this space — and then I got one of the greatest gifts ever
handed to sportswriting — Charlie Coles.
by Rick Pender
02.03.2012
Stage Door
'The Whipping Man,' 'Spring Awakening,' 'Red' and 'Collapse' are all worthy weekend productions
Each week in Stage Door, Rick Pender offers theater tips for the weekend, often with a few pieces of theater news. The Whipping Man is drawing big audiences for Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati. In fact, they’ve added several performances extending the closing date from Feb. 12 to Feb. 18. It’s the story of Simon, a dedicated former slave who remains in a ruined mansion in 1865 Richmond in the days just after the Civil War. Caleb, the wounded son of his former master, stumbles in (desperately needing some horrendous surgery) and then does John, another former slave, a young man raised side by side with Caleb. The slave-owning family was Jewish, and it’s almost time for Passover, which they must celebrate with limited means. It’s a powerful show about freedom and responsibility with a plot that will keep you guessing. As I noted recently in this week's Curtain Call column, director D. Lynn Meyers gets the most from her cast, especially Ken Early as Simon. This one is a must-see. Box office: 513-421-3555
The Mysteries of Rothko’s Red
0 Comments · Wednesday, October 19, 2011
When I first started learning about
contemporary art, Pop ruled. There was a wicked humor in Pop that was
subversively accessible — taking the imagery of recognizable objects,
often consumer products, and liberating them from their “official”
meaning. It seemed both radical and fun in an ironic, distancing way.
Red (Review)
High-profile cast can't save this cliched snooze
0 Comments · Friday, October 15, 2010
Here's another pound of cautionary proof supporting the theorem that "story is about thoroughness, not shortcuts." Director Robert Shwentke's adaptation of a DC Comics action/comedy graphic novel is nothing but a series of creaky narrative half-steps. The result leaves no cohesive story in which an audience can invest. Grade: D-plus.
Into the Forest
0 Comments · Wednesday, April 15, 2009
I almost died at Red River Gorge when I was 17. My friend, Michutzel Roberto Giglio, and I crashed through a guard rail on a rainy night. Our car plunged 65 feet to the bottom of a ravine, splitting the boulder on which it landed. On the way down, I yelled, “Lord Jesus, have mercy!”
SATURDAY04
0 Comments · Wednesday, October 1, 2008
years after its debut, Contempt remains an ambiguous, beautifully crafted, startlingly fresh investigation of artistic integrity and romantic longing in a world gone haywire. And I cant wait to finally see it in all its big-screen, CinemaScope glory: Cincinnati World Cinema presents a new print of Godards classic 7 p.
