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 Tease us
Gear up for another can't-miss season at the American Repertory Theatre artistic director Diane Paulus leaks that "this season will be another year of theatrical events. From rock stars Amanda Palmer & Serj Tankian, to a MIT Media-appointed robot chorus in Death and the Powers: The Robots’ Opera, a mosh pit in Prometheus Bound, to R. Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome, there will be something for everyone." No Binoculars Required
No need to worry about ending up in the nosebleed section here. American Repertory Theatre artistic director Diane Paulus tells us that they're "lucky that there are no bad seats at the Loeb or OBERON. But seats to us mean many things - walking through the hallways at the Old Lincoln School, or standing on the dance floor at The Donkey Show, or even sitting with a beer and hot dog in the transformed lobby of the theater." Front Runners
American Repertory Theatre artistic director Diane Paulus dishes that her favorite theater productions are "Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Theatre de la Complicite – The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol, Robert Wilson’s Einstein on the Beach, Theatre du Soleil – Les Atrides directed by Ariane Mnouchkine, The Wooster Group -- Frank Dell’s The Temptation of St. Anthony and Andrei Serban’s production of Cymbeline." Cab Gab
You're in for a treat at A.R.T.'s new show, Cabaret. "Amanda Palmer has been wanting to collaborate with director Steve Bogart since 2001," shares American Repertory Theatre artistic director Diane Paulus, "and we’re so thrilled that this unique partnership has found a home at the A.R.T. With Amanda as the Emcee, it’s sure to be a production of Cabaret unlike any other." |
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Keywords: Entertainment
Well, now, Diane Paulus: that was quite a first year! Shakespeare in a disco. The Last Supper served in a public high school. A singing Babe Ruth. What's next? A punk-rock Cabaret?
To call Diane Paulus a risk-taker is low-balling the matter. She’s a bungee jumper, a skydiver, a shark hunter of live theater. She is the artistic director of Harvard University's American Repertory Theater, which, granted, has always mixed things up a bit (King Henry IV roared on stage atop a Harley more than a few times). But Diane's touch isn’t just bold—it's downright Midas.
Never in the history of the A.R.T. have more crowds poured in than this year. Then again, never in the history have audience members been invited to shake their booty during a show, down a shot with an actor, or move around props on a set as they were in The Donkey Show, Sleep No More, and Gatz. Diane’s vision for theater aims to break the rules, the most important one being to permanently pull back the curtain between the stage and the audience.. Theater should be lived, Diane believes. It should be 3D, HD, real life. By intermission, you should be rattled, inspired, and fully engaged. And after the show, the only question you should ask is, When are we coming back?
Since graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard, Diane has pursued her passion for theater and opera with confidence and conviction. Nominated for nine Tony Awards, she snagged the statue for her revival of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. She is a 2009 recipient of the Harvard College Women's Professional Achievement Award and Columbia University's I.A.L. Diamond Award. There are others; there will be more. But what jazzes Diane more than the mantle packed with accolades is the opportunity to show her students and the masses the outer limits of theater—work that's disturbing, engaging, unpredictable, magnificent, and as real as life itself.
Oh, and her production of Cabaret? Yeah, the star is a punk singer. You might want to reserve your seat at the Kit Kat Club now. Tickets go on sale today at noon.
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