- By Leslie Morris
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The Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts kicks off its 2007-08 season in September with some theatre for thought with Good by C.P. Taylor. Listed by the National Theatre of Great Britain as one of the most important plays of the 20th century, Good urges audiences to consider what constitutes good and evil and the role of responsibility. This provocative play with music is a chilling depiction of a "good" man seduced into the Nazi regime.
In October the Schwartz Center will produce Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn, one of England's most prolific comedic talents. Hilarious marital adventures escalate out of control when a self-absorbed couple try to salvage their marriage and subsequently wreak havoc in not only their lives but those of their friends. The fun continues in November with Moliere's The Bourgeois Gentleman. In this theatrical comedy-ballet about excess, outrageous episodes ensue as the gentleman piles high the accoutrements of wealth and learns that real respect cannot be bought.
Then in January fall down with Alice into the rabbit hole for a strange and unsettling look at the classic Lewis Carroll children's tale, Alice in Wonderland. Adapted by Andre Gregory and the Manhattan Theatre Project, don't miss this topsy-turvy Obie and Drama Desk Award-winning piece of pure theatre.
The chill of February brings the chilling tale of The Passion of Dracula by Bob Hall and David Richmond. This tongue-in-cheek adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel is a fun mix of thrills, laughter and old-fashioned mystery.
The 2007-08 theatre season concludes in the spring with Shakespeare's As You Like It. One of the Bard's most popular comedies, As You Like It is a delightful evening of song, sparkling language and intrigue. Fleeing from the dangers of the Royal Court into the Arden Forest, Rosalind and her entourage use their wit, wisdom and their power to woo to learn life lessons on love and human nature.
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