Tag: Oldcastle Theater
Theater review: “Grandma Moses: An American Primitive” at the Oldcastle Theatre
17th December
Published in the Bennington Banner on Nov. 9, 2013
Original article: http://www.benningtonbanner.com/artsweekend/ci_24487242/what-farm-wife-painted-new-oldcastle-play-shows
BENNINGTON — Local painting legend Grandma Moses lived both an ordinary and an extraordinary life, and they were both fascinating.
Before she began painting at age 76, Anna Mary Moses lived on farms in Virginia and nearby parts of New York, running the household and raising five children. Then, after being “discovered” at age 78, Moses became an international celebrity — appearing on magazine covers and showing her art worldwide. She even visited the White House, where President Harry S. Truman played piano for her. This unexpected dichotomy is central to “Grandma Moses: An American Primitive,” a new play running through Nov. 17 at the Oldcastle Theatre, 331 Main St., Bennington.
Written in the late 1980s by Stephen Pouliot, who is mostly known for his work writing television awards shows, the play toured …
Theater review: “Sherlock Holmes – Knight’s Gambit” at Oldcastle Theater
17th December
Published in the Bennington Banner on Oct. 10, 2013
Original article: http://www.benningtonbanner.com/localnews/ci_24277939/sherlock-holmes-knights-gambit-takes-stage-at-oldcastle
BENNINGTON – The game is afoot at Oldcastle! Opening last weekend and running for the next two weeks, Oldcastle Theatre Company’s theater on Main Street hosts “Sherlock Holmes–Knight’s Gambit,” a new mystery story written specifically for small theaters like Oldcastle by playwright Paul Falzone. Directed by Eric Peterson, Oldcastle’s Producing Artistic Director, the show captures all the suspense, wit and intrigue of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous stories using a single set and a small cast.
While the production itself may be relatively modest, the scale of the story is as ambitious as we’ve come to expect from the Holmes canon. Set in 1905, towards the end of the detective’s career, Falzone’s story hinges on events that take place around the city of London and elsewhere in Europe – even though his …
