My pal Dave Lavender crafted a great story in the Herald-Dispatch about Marshall University's latest production, the drama Crimes of the Heart, which is playing this weekend only. (The photo above is by Ryan Fischer.)
You can read the story at this link - here's an excerpt:
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This week, putting the fun into dysfunctional family is the one and only Mississippi-mud-slinging, crazy in love, Magrath sisters: Meg, Babe and Lenny all back living, crying, laughing and fighting together to survive in their childhood home after Babe shot her abusive husband.
Taking place in a realistic 1970s-house set, and starring a shining set of senior actresses is the Marshall University Theater's production of Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart," which won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play.
Marshall's production is one week-only at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 15 - 17 at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center Playhouse.
Admission is $20 at the door, $15 MU faculty and seniors. Free for MU students with a valid ID.
Director Jack Cirillo, who directed the play back in 1999, his second year at Marshall, said there's a lot of good reasons to dive back into Henley's 1979-written work that actually premiered regionally at the prestigious Actors Theatre in Louisville before debuting on Broadway on Nov. 4, 1981.
"Crimes of the Heart" was also a successful 1986 film that starred Jessica Lange, Diane Keaton and Sissy Spacek as the three sisters. Spacek won the Golden Globe Award for best actress for her portrayal of Babe.
"There are so many decisions that go into choosing a season and picking shows and some of that is your clientele and student body, and what is a good piece for them," Cirillo said. "This is a play that has some terrific roles for women and I think that it has some compelling things to say about the dynamics of a family and I am always interested in that."
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