Richard Beck
Most Recently: Showed Up: Young@Heart at St. Ann's Warehouse
Richard Beck is from Wallingford, Pennsylvania.
Showed Up: Young@Heart at St. Ann's Warehouse
The Young @ Heart Chorus is that group of old people who sing rock songs. A couple years ago somebody made a documentary about them, but it's not very good. Instead, see their new revue, "The End of the Road," at St. Ann's Warehouse. They are there through Saturday. It is the #1 recommended way to see these old people sing. READ MORE
Showed Up: Sam Mendes Does 'The Tempest' and 'As You Like It' at BAM
The second of three seasons of The Bridge Project, a partnership of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Old Vic and Neal Street, is closing at BAM this week. Last year, Sam Mendes staged The Winter's Tale and The Cherry Orchard here; this year it's The Tempest and As You Like It. Two of those plays are romances, involving love but also magic, sadness, and personal redemption. One, written as a comedy, is regularly performed as a tragedy, which means that audiences see it as a little of both. As You Like It is a straightforward comedy, but here Mendes has added a torture scene, which isn't very funny. READ MORE
