San Jose, Calif.: shock and awe revisited.(FRONT & CENTER)(Iphigenia)(Theater review)
American Theatre, May, 2006 by D; '; Souza, Karen
Picture Clytemnestra in an oh-so-prim little pink suit plucked straight out of Barbara Bush's closet. Envision Achilles as a tattooed soldier dude hanging at the beach between tours of duty. And imagine Agamemnon as a blue-suit-with-power-tie kind of king who goes to sleep at night on a bed of oil barrels.
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Iphigenia at Aulis meets American foreign policy in San Jose Repertory Theatre's new, over-the-top-ical, modern-dress version of Euripides' antiwar masterpiece. The Rep joins forces with San Francisco's Dance Brigade to contemplate the ancient ...
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