Coming Home, a Beautiful and Wise Portrait of Life in South Africa
Fountain Theatre (5060 Fountain Ave Los Angeles, CA 90029)
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The last date listed for Coming Home was Thursday August 20, 2009 / 8:00pm.
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ADRIA VALENTINE on What to Wear
Casual
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Joyce Leanse on Where to Park
Get to the theater at least 20 minutes early to get into the parking lot.
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Paula on Other
Do not be late. There are no exceptions.
27 Goldstar Member Reviews
John Boland.
I found this play rather boring... Yes, the issue of AIDS and HIV was cogent. So was the issue of the boy and his predicament. The acting was pretty compelling. But the dialogue left me cold. It's worth seeing if you have nothing better to do. Sorry.Written on Aug 03 2009
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Roxanne Yahner
Hurry on over and see this production of Athol Fugard's new play. The writing is sublime and the acting is top notch. The audience gave a rousing standing ovation to the cast. The characters are perfect metaphors for the current situation in South Africa with all the excitement of "coming home" to itself only to be threatened by disease and its future invested in formal education balanced with traditional agriculture.Written on Jul 13 2009
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Alan Trevor
Clyde L. Brown
More Information About Coming Home
Quotes & Highlights
- Pick of the Week --LA Weekly
- Critic's Choice --Los Angeles Times
Description
Athol Fugard is a South African playwright, actor, and director whose scripts have earned countless accolades, including the Academy Award, Obie Award, and Tony Award. One of the first white playwrights to collaborate with black actors and workers, Fugard writes of the frustrations of life in contemporary South Africa and of overcoming the psychological barriers created by apartheid. Some of his works, such as Blood Knot, were initially banned in South Africa. Widely acclaimed, his plays include Boesman and Lena (Obie Award, Best Foreign Play), Sizwe Bansi Is Dead (Tony Award, Best Play), A Lesson from Aloes (New York Drama Critics Circle Award, Best Play), the semiautobiographical Master Harold...and the Boys (Writers Guild Award, Outstanding Achievement) and The Road to Mecca (New York Drama Critics Circle Citation, Best Foreign Play, London Evening Standard Award, Best Play). In his first two post-apartheid plays, Valley Song (1995) and The Captain's Tiger (1998), Fugard addressed more personal concerns, but in Sorrows and Rejoicings (2001) he focused on the complex racial dynamics of South Africa's new era. In 2005 his novel, Tsotsi (1980), was adapted for the screen, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Fountain Theatre's special relationship with Athol Fugard began when co-founder/co-artistic director Stephen Sachs directed the Los Angeles premiere of Fugard's The Road to Mecca in 2000. Fugard was so impressed with the stellar production that he offered the company world premiere rights to an as-yet-unwritten new work. When Sachs directed that world premiere production for the Fountain in 2004, Exits and Entrances received recognition for Best Production and Best Director from both the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (garnering a total of five awards) and the Ovations (receiving a total of three awards). Mr. Sachs went on to direct acclaimed regional productions of Exits and Entrances around the country, an Off-Broadway production at Primary Stages, and the UK premiere at the 2007 International Edinburgh Festival. The American premiere of Mr. Fugard's Victory at the Fountain in 2008, also directed by Stephen Sachs, was the recipient of two LADCC awards and four LA Weekly nominations, and was named "Best of 2008" by the Los Angeles Times. For the program of Victory, Athol Fugard wrote that he "considers the Fountain theater his artistic home in the United States."