THE BALD SOPRANO

THE BALD SOPRANO AND THE LESSON at the Santa Monica Playhouse

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Katie Buenneke – Stage Raw In troubled times like these, there should be something rewarding in unwinding with absurdism. After all, when the world doesn’t make sense, a dose of topsy-turvy comedy should be just what the doctor ordered. French playwright Eugene Ionesco was one of the masters of absurdist comedy….Read more… Now running through … Read more

THE BALD SOPRANO and THE CHAIRS at the Garage Theatre

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THE BALD SOPRANO and THE CHAIRS by Eugene Ionesco. Shirle Gottlieb – The Gazette Newspapers Written in 1948 shortly after World War II, “The Bald Soprano” was Eugene Ionesco’s first play. As the transplanted Romanian struggled to write in French (the language of his adopted country), he realized how banal everyday communication had become. He had … Read more