Stuff Happens: A Powerful New Political Drama at the Mark Taper Forum
Mark Taper Forum (135 North Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012)
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The last date listed for Stuff Happens was Saturday July 16, 2005 / 2:30pm.
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Los Otros: World-Premiere Musical Tells a Southern California Story
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Center Theatre Group's innovative new musical explores the Southern California experience over the course of several decades through the eyes of a Mexican-American man growing up in Carlsbad and a San Diego woman whose chance encounters with Mexican immigrants mark the moments that define her life. Directed by multiple Tony-nominee Graciela Daniele, Los Otros stars Tony-winner Michelle Pawk (Hollywood Arms, Hairspray, Cabaret) and Broadway veteran Julio Monge (Twelfth Night, The Capeman, Fosse). Another pair of acclaimed Tony nominees, Ellen Fitzhugh (Paper Moon, Grind) and Michael John LaChiusa (The Wild Party), crafted the book, lyrics and score, highlighted by its intimate song cycles. Learn More
4 Goldstar Member Reviews
Patricia K.-D
It is like the documentary "9/11" in dinner suits.Written on Jun 28 2005
A very few "good-men" and a group of dispicable gangesters,
running our country with the false cry "God is with us"!!!
Well heaven knows, the people are not.
Makes you sad to feel so helpless and so ignored.
God PLEASE , let this be the end of the "Bush" regime.
Poor English Prime Minister, did not speak or understand "Bush Language"
Great stars acting the parts, and within seconds you absolutely believed in them, their physical resemblance to the characters they portreyed was uncanny.
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Effective performances and creative staging. A must see, especially relevant, in the current political climate.Written on Jun 13 2005
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Robert F.
An excellent quality play about the current war and how the events played out. Seats were good.Written on Jul 04 2005
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More Information About Stuff Happens
Quotes & Highlights
- "Totally compelling." --Guardian (London)
- "A masterly piece of work - illuminating, gripping, wildly funny." --Daily Telegraph (London)
- "Under Gordon Davidson's rapid-paced direction, a fine ensemble portraying real-life political figures works mightily to bring this project to life. " --LA Weekly
- "David Hare's brilliant new play, Stuff Happens, is deja vu all over again...It is to the great credit of Director Gordon Davidson that this play is full of life and remains gripping from beginning to end." --ReviewPlays.com
Description
"Stuff happens...And it's untidy, and freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things." -- Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense, April 11, 2003, when asked to comment on the widespread looting of Baghdad.
Stuff Happens is a brand new play about the series of events that led to the conflict in Iraq and the parts played by world political leaders, in particular President George W. Bush and his inner circle of foreign policy advisors. From the early search for weapons of mass destruction and the long shadow cast by 9/11, to the drive to remove the tyrannical Saddam Hussein from power, to the thousands of questions relating to oil, terror, Al Qaeda and more, Stuff Happens explores through public record and through David Hare's meticulous research what most likely happened behind the closed doors of power.
David Hare has fashioned both a compelling narrative on recent history, and a riveting human drama about the frustrations of power and the limits of diplomacy.
Sir David Hare is one of Britain's most celebrated and internationally performed playwrights. His extensive work includes the plays Racing Demon (presented by the Ahmanson Theatre at the James A Doolittle, 1994), Skylight (produced at the Mark Taper Forum, 1997), and Plenty.
A New Play by David Hare
Directed by Gordon Davidson
With
Tyrees Allen, Henry Brown, Jane Carr, Keith Carradine, Mitchell Edmonds, Brian George, Kip Gilman, James Gleason, Francis Guinan, James Handy, Jay Harik, John Michael Higgins, Anna Khaja, John Rafter Lee, Dakin Matthews, Paul Messinger, Alan Oppenheimer, Julian Sands, Stephen Spinella, Lorraine Toussaint, Inger Tudor, John Vickery