Jessica Podewell

Features | Regional Theatre | Southeast

Southern Rep opens door to Hnath’s ‘Doll’s House, Part 2’
October 19, 2018

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) When we last viewed Torvald and Nora Helmer in Henrik Ibsen’s immortal play A Doll’s House, Nora had made an irreconcilable decision. Simply put, she wanted more from life than being a wife and mother. Her purpose was to become “a human being” and not be defined by…

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Shakespeare Fest’s edgy ‘Macbeth’ is almost perfect
July 7, 2018July 7, 2018

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) One of the most misquoted of Shakespeare’s lines is “Heavy is the head that wears the crown.” The actual line from Henry IV, Part Two is “uneasy lies the head that wears the crown,” but in the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival’s latest production of the Scottish play,…

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