How well do you know the greats of jazz and bebop? Have a listen and test your knowledge with our music quiz! — “Bebop. Dig. Listen to that, he takes a melody we’ve heard a hundred times and makes it familiar in an entirely different way.” In Lynn Nottage’s Crumbs from the Table of Joy — onstage at Lantern Theater Company now and extended through December 17, 2023 — Lily Ann Green (played…

The Crump family’s journey to the North is part of a much larger movement — “It took all the strength I had to take these gals on a train out their wooden doors and place ’em here in brick and concrete.” Lynn Nottage’s Crumbs from the Table of Joy — onstage at Lantern Theater Company now and extended through December 17, 2023 — Godfrey Crump…

The hysteria around communism in the world of CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY — In Lynn Nottage’s Crumbs from the Table of Joy — onstage at Lantern Theater Company now and extended through December 17, 2023 — Godfrey Crump moves his family from Pensacola, Florida to Brooklyn, New York in search of a new life. But the arrival of brash, politically minded Aunt Lily…

The charismatic religious leader with a Philadelphia connection who draws the Crumps north in CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY — “Daddy discovered Father Divine when he was searching to cure ‘the ailments of the heart,’ those terrible fits of mourning that set in.” Ernestine, the teenage narrator of Lynn Nottage’s Crumbs from the Table of Joy — onstage at Lantern Theater Company now and extended through December 17, 2023 —…

The CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY playwright’s works are as varied as their subjects — “Who wants to see the same play again?” Lynn Nottage asked in this 2004 New York Times article. “I certainly don’t want to write the same play again and again.” The playwright of Crumbs from the Table of Joy — onstage at Lantern Theater Company now and extended through December…

The celebrated writer behind CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY — “Is there a better living American playwright than Lynn Nottage?” renowned theater critic Terry Teachout asked in a 2021 Wall Street Journal review. For many, the answer is simple: there is not. The playwright of Crumbs from the Table of Joy — onstage at Lantern Theater Company now and extended…

How Molière’s life on the road influenced his career — Onstage at Lantern Theater Company September 7 through October 8, 2023, Molière’s classic comedy Tartuffe is the work of a master, one in control of their craft and well-practiced in its demands. …

Translations, adaptations, and “transladaptations” of TARTUFFE, THE MISANTHROPE, and other classic Molière comedies — Onstage at Lantern Theater Company September 7 through October 8, 2023, Tartuffe was written by the giant of French comedy Molière in 1664 — but it is translator Richard Wilbur’s words from nearly 300 years later that we will hear. Most productions outside of France rely on such a work…

The celebrated and controversial playwright of TARTUFFE — Onstage at Lantern Theater Company September 7 through October 8, 2023, Tartuffe is the most enduring comedy of the master of the French form: Molière. But despite being a member of the highest echelons of respected playwrights at home and abroad, Molière’s origins were humble. …