'ROMEO' TO HAVE 'MATRIX,' ETHNIC OUTLOOK, COSTUMING.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - A ``Matrix''-look, multiethnic ``Romeo and Juliet'' hits the stage Saturday at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. with a futuristic rock music score and martial arts This is a list of martial arts, broken down by region and style. African martial arts Eritrea
``At a time when hate crimes, prejudice and violence seem to spring up in far too many high schools and communities, theater has the power to elicit sympathy and tolerance,'' said Barbara Pasternack, Theatreworks/USA Artistic Director. ``When a good playwright holds up a mirror, we recognize ourselves and feel a little less alone in the universe.'' The performance is at 7 p.m. Saturday at the theater, 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. The set features a broken stained glass window stained glass window n → vidriera de colores stained glass window stain n → buntes Glasfenster nt stained glass window n , symbolizing ``beauty and fragility which has been touched by violence,'' according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. set designer Beowulf Boritt. Costumes reflect both the futuristic time period and the difference between the streetwise street·wise adj. Having the shrewd awareness, experience, and resourcefulness needed for survival in a difficult, often dangerous urban environment. Montagues and the more formal Capulets. When dialogue was needed to create a wedding scene (in the play as written, the marriage occurs offstage), director Rob Barron borrowed a Shakespearean sonnet. The words become Romeo and Juliet's wedding vows. Barron cast Tybalt (Juliet's cousin, who is killed by Romeo) as a strong woman who defends her territory using martial arts. Tickets to the show are $16 for adults and $8 for children. For more information, call (661) 723-5950. |
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