Posts Tagged ‘Athol Fugard’

“Master Harold”…and the boys

The miscasting of 31-year-old Ben Beatty as the teenage title character of Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold”…and the boys derails the Geffen Playhouse production of the South African writer’s most celebrated play in ways that even the magnificent John Kani can’t overcome.
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VALLEY SONG


South African master playwright Athol Fugard tells a coming-of-age story as universal as it is specific to his homeland in Valley Songs, the poignant and powerful latest from Long Beach’s International City Theatre.
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THE PAINTED ROCKS AT REVOLVER CREEK

Premier South African playwright Athol Fugard once again puts a personal face on apartheid in his deeply moving two-act drama The Painted Rocks Of Revolver Creek, now getting a gorgeously-acted West Coast Premiere at Fugard’s Los Angeles home, the award-winning Fountain Theatre.
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