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'Murder' he wrote
By Alisha Gomez
On-line Forty-Niner
After the outbreak
of gunfire killings on the Gaza strip, Israeli playwright
Hanoch Levin wrote "Murder," a play that follows the violence
and horrors of war from a humanistic view. Levin's play makes
observations about human weakness and the potential for cruelty.
Murder is the second
play in the series Cal Rep is performing at the Edison Theatre
in downtown Long Beach. The play opened Friday and focuses
on the universal message of peace of all cultures that Levin
delivers with his script.
Levin wrote the
play with the hope of promoting peace between Israelis and
Palestinians while still being very aware of the conflicts
existing among cultural and religious differences.
Levin's script
won Best Production and Best Playwright at the 1998 Israel
Theater Prize awards, a year before his death from bone cancer.
"Murder" also is
part of the Edge of the World Theatre Festival 2001; a festival
devoted to celebrating theatre in Los Angeles.
Some cast members
from "Lamarck," the first play in the Cal Rep series, will
also perform in this play. Rory W. Cowan, Jay Wallace, Chris
McCool, Craig Flemming and Kelly Ford are just some who will
perform again in "Murder."
Get to the theatre
early since tickets sell out fast and the theatre is small.
THEATER PREVIEW
What: Cal Rep's
'Murder'
Where: 213 Broadway
Edison Theatre
Downtown Long Beach
When: Through Nov.
17
Tuesday - Thursday 7 p.m.
Friday and Saturday 8 p.m.
Saturday Matinees 2 p.m.
Tickets: $20 general
admission,
$17 students and seniors
To buy tickets,
go to Edison Theatre box office or call 562-432-1818
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