Lysistrata Wins!

Lysistrata is a Riot!                              

The reviews are in! Lysistrata is a hit!

For tickets click on Lysistrata and Kalonike at the Tucson Museum of Art

The ladies of Lysistrata headed to the Tucson Museum of Art last Thursday to open the run of Aristophanes' comedy of war and peace, sex and abstinence (picture). The Company of players was greeted with a standing ovation on Friday night's Beowulf Alley Theatre preview. Our reception Saturday was provided by the good folks at Opa! Greek Cuisine and Fun. It was kind of an awesome weekend. Now Kathy Allen of the Arizona Daily Star and Laura Owen of The Tucson Weekly have raved about us. As Laura Owen's headline points out: Beowulf turns Ancient Greeks' Lysistrata into a delicious-- and relevant --satire. Tickets are going fast! To purchase some for this weekend and the next (March 15-17 and 22-24) click on this picture above! We hope to see you!

 

Thank you!

For the Tucson Weekly Review click the picture!

                                                                                                                            

Click on Ismenia and Autoclytis to read Kathy Allen's Arizona Daily Star Review

 

'Lysistrata' basks in over-the-top silliness

'Lysistrata' basks in over-the-top silliness:

  Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star

Michael Fenlason is not what he seems.

The artistic director of Beowulf Alley Theatre appears to be quiet, a bit shy, reticent.

Then he goes and writes something like his adaptation of Aristophanes' "Lysistrata" and blows those assumptions right out the stage doors.

Now granted, "Lysistrata" is a comedy. Farcical, even. But we doubt ol' Aristophanes would recognize this irreverent, anachronistic, over-the-top silly rendition of the thousands-year-old play.

But he might get a kick out of it. We sure did.

How could you not? The women decide to withhold sex but continue to tease - the tension will build and the men will agree to end the war is the reasoning.

Director Nicole Scott placed the play in ancient Greece (or maybe Fenlason did that). The women are in flowing togas, but throw them aside to reveal Frederick's of Hollywood-esque undergarments used to make the no-sex rule so much harder on men.

Read the entire review here: 'Lysistrata' basks in over-the-top silliness: 

Lucille Petty and Josh Parra in Beowulf Alley Theatre's adaptation of Aristophanes' "Lysistrata." The over-the-top silly rendition of the thousands-year-old play isn't richly nuanced, but it's plenty naughty ... and nice.

Photo credit: AMBER ROBERTS