Dilemmas and dodging in the field of nonhuman animal ethics By Michael A. Ashby and Leigh E. Rich On a daily basis, one of us (MA) drives around the Australian state of Tasmania where the “roadkill” bodies of native animals can be found everywhere, adding up to hundreds of thousands every year. Clearly, if these […]
12.01.2013
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09.01.2013
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Moral distress and bioethics By Leigh E. Rich and Michael A. Ashby At the tragic end of Shakespeare’s King Lear, Edgar, the son of the Earl of Gloucester, clearly sides with the emotions as he laments the state of the king and his kingdom: “The weight of this sad time we must obey,/Speak what we […]
04.19.2006
1868 melodrama about love (and insurance scams) revived By Leigh E. Rich The Gaslight Theatre has been a Tucson favorite for melodramatic family entertainment since brothers Tony and Tom Terry set up shop in Trail Dust Town in 1977. Two decades and three moves later, the Gaslight now resides in the (renovated) Jerry Lewis Theatre […]
08.28.2002
Theatre Buffs update Roman tragedy into corporate power play By Leigh E. Rich For most students, not only has Julius Caesar been stabbed 33 times, he’s been beaten to death. But fear not, all you who managed to survive the carnage of sophomore-year English, and hold onto your dramatis personae—the UCD Theatre Buffs’ rendition of […]
02.16.2000
Denver Center’s ‘Winter’s Tale’ pure whimsy By Leigh E. Rich [This review is available as a PDF document here: adv_winterstale (scroll to bottom of the page).] Rich, L. E. (2000, February 16). Denver Center’s ‘Winter’s Tale’ pure whimsy. CU-Denver Advocate.
09.12.1996
Southern bridesmaids hilarious in the ‘Same Dress’ By Leigh E. Rich [This review is available as a PDF document here: adw_bridesandfallsflat (scroll to bottom of the page).] Rich, L. E. (1996, September 12). Southern bridesmaids hilarious in the ‘Same Dress.’ Arizona Daily Wildcat.
09.12.1996
Play lacks staying power, falls flat By Leigh E. Rich [This review is available as a PDF document here: adw_bridesandfallsflat (scroll to middle of the page).] Rich, L. E. (1996, September 12). Play lacks staying power, falls flat. Arizona Daily Wildcat.
06.12.1996
UA Theater Arts Department celebrates 60 years with a fresh look at a classic play By Leigh E. Rich Though many are unaware of its legacy, the UA Theatre Arts department was born 60 years ago in the midst of New Deals, impending war, and religious and ethnic intolerance. Although it was an era remembered […]
04.19.1996
Categories: History, Politics, Theater, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on Revolutionary play combines traditional and modern
‘13 Days/13 Días’ cleverly contrasts the myriad of voices in the Chiapan uprising By Leigh E. Rich The play “13 Days/13 Días: The Zapatista Uprising in Chiapas” uses the theater as a medium to remind the developed world (as we recline comfortably between our computers and FAX machines) that “to change the world, or even […]
04.05.1996
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A ‘Perfect’ play for traveling to India … without the trans-Atlantic flight By Leigh E. Rich Although it’s populated with 813 million people, many Westerners know little, let alone understand, the exotic and enigmatic land called India. Regardless, it entices millions of tourists every year, from those searching for enlightenment to those needing to heal. […]
03.29.1996
Categories: Music, People, Theater, Utrinque Paratus | Comments Off on School of Music puts Paris and Puccini in Crowder Hall
Anniversary offers a chance to fall in love with ‘La Boheme’ By Leigh E. Rich Although Puccini’s “La Boheme” tells the all-too-recognizable bittersweet tale of destitute artists surviving on integrity and searching for love, it is “the most famous and widely performed opera of all time,” says professor and musical director Charles Roe. It is […]
03.29.1996
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Actor fills the shoes of a god By Leigh E. Rich From Joseph in a Christmas pageant at age 4 to the Hindu god Ganesha, actor David Paul Francis has had some very large shoes to fill. And he steps into his latest role in the Arizona Theatre Company’s rendition of Terrance McNally’s “A Perfect […]
