Check this link for a review from the Alibi:
http://www.alibi.com?story=23230&scn=art&fullstory=y
Monday, May 19, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
SUNDOWN at the Adobe
Who says local newscasters take no interest in community theatre? Check out this link:
http://KOB.com/article/stories/S434319.shtml
http://KOB.com/article/stories/S434319.shtml
ATG response to accusation of political bias
The following letter to the editor was sent to the Albuquerque Journal on
May 9. The writer is grateful to Linda Lopez McAlister for her instigation
and advice.
Clyde Aragon’s intemperate rant against Albuquerque live theater (Albuquerque Journal, Letters, May 8) proceeds from a political bias so extreme as to distort the reality of his subject beyond recognition. Mr. Aragon would have us believe that “most theaters” in our community are “run by liberals and socialists” and offer “preachy, intolerant, anti-conservative, anti-normality, left-wing fare.” Clearly he does not get out to the theater very often.
With some 30 play-producing organizations, the Albuquerque drama scene is now astonishingly rich and varied. In a given season, theatergoers can attend musicals, comedies, Christian drama, children’s theater, improvisational cabaret, Shakespearean classics, American standards, and new work by emerging playwrights from a variety of backgrounds.
In the past month alone, my wife and I have seen “King Lear” at the Vortex, a musical satire of show business called “Ruthless” at the Auxiliary Dog, and a sympathetic depiction of a 19th-century Shaker community entitled “As It Is in Heaven” at the Desert Rose Playhouse. All three were of impressively high quality.
A good source of information about what’s on in our city is the Albuquerque Theatre Guild, a non-profit organization of more than 150 individuals and more than 20 organizations devoted to live performance. The Guild’s website, abqtheatre.org, offers a calendar of coming events and other announcements. By e-mailing info@abqtheatre.org or calling 247-1909, you can also receive a free brochure that provides information about member theaters and their activities.
Mr. Aragon’s caricature does a disservice to the hundreds of volunteers who labor every weekend to provide audiences with a wide array of entertainment options. The truth is that live theater is one of Albuquerque’s great cultural assets. Readers deserve full and accurate information about what is available to them.
Hugh Witemeyer, Secretary
Albuquerque Theatre Guild
May 9. The writer is grateful to Linda Lopez McAlister for her instigation
and advice.
Clyde Aragon’s intemperate rant against Albuquerque live theater (Albuquerque Journal, Letters, May 8) proceeds from a political bias so extreme as to distort the reality of his subject beyond recognition. Mr. Aragon would have us believe that “most theaters” in our community are “run by liberals and socialists” and offer “preachy, intolerant, anti-conservative, anti-normality, left-wing fare.” Clearly he does not get out to the theater very often.
With some 30 play-producing organizations, the Albuquerque drama scene is now astonishingly rich and varied. In a given season, theatergoers can attend musicals, comedies, Christian drama, children’s theater, improvisational cabaret, Shakespearean classics, American standards, and new work by emerging playwrights from a variety of backgrounds.
In the past month alone, my wife and I have seen “King Lear” at the Vortex, a musical satire of show business called “Ruthless” at the Auxiliary Dog, and a sympathetic depiction of a 19th-century Shaker community entitled “As It Is in Heaven” at the Desert Rose Playhouse. All three were of impressively high quality.
A good source of information about what’s on in our city is the Albuquerque Theatre Guild, a non-profit organization of more than 150 individuals and more than 20 organizations devoted to live performance. The Guild’s website, abqtheatre.org, offers a calendar of coming events and other announcements. By e-mailing info@abqtheatre.org or calling 247-1909, you can also receive a free brochure that provides information about member theaters and their activities.
Mr. Aragon’s caricature does a disservice to the hundreds of volunteers who labor every weekend to provide audiences with a wide array of entertainment options. The truth is that live theater is one of Albuquerque’s great cultural assets. Readers deserve full and accurate information about what is available to them.
Hugh Witemeyer, Secretary
Albuquerque Theatre Guild
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