Mittsommernachts-Sex-Komödie

Theater: Burgtheater Wien: Eine Mittsommernachts-Sex-Komödie (A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy) directed Matthias Hartmann. Written by Woody Allen. w/ Esmée Liliane Amuat, Martin Schwab, Roland Koch, Sunnyi Melles, Michael Maertens, Dorothee Hartinger. Comedy. A couple with marriage problems is visited by friends over the weekend, swapping partners and developing a story of sex, love and disappointment. Boring story, predictable plot. Acting okay. Overall rating 3 out of 10.

Richard III

Theater: König Richard der Dritte, Schauspielhaus Bochum. Nov. 2012. Play by William Shakespeare. Directed by Roger Vontobel. Paul Herwig as Richard. History lesson. Lots of screaming. Crude. With 3.5 hours too long. German Review at Nachtkritik.de. Overall rating 4 out of 10. Don't put your parking card in the wrong slot.

Orpheus Decending

Theater: 'Orpheus steigt herab', a play by Tennessee Williams, starting Sep. 29, 2012 at Muenchner Kammerspiele. Directed by Sebastian Nübling. w/ Wiebke Puls as Lady Torrance, Risto Kübar as Val Xavier. Based on Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams. There also is a screen adaptation of the play under the title The Fugitive Kind (1959). Val, an appealing young unconventional man arrives in a narrow-minded, racist southern town. Only Lady, a middle-aged woman with a disgusting elderly dying husband is willing to fight on his side. Watched opening. Carousel on stage. Puls is great in her working-class role, but loses when she turns to glamor. German review on Nachtkrtik.de Overall rating 7 out of 10.