Murray Ross

Tesla fires up

Only four more shows before the lights go all the way out, but at least we're going out with a bang. . .

 
 

 

Ten for Tesla

Herewith, modestly proposed by the author, are ten good reasons to see I AM NIKOLA TESLA before it spins into the dark (the show closes Sunday).

 

1. Luke digging a deep hole in his basement. There is no hole like his.

2. The fingers of Izzy turning into electrons.  There are no fingers like hers.

3.  Dr. Rex getting a Dear John letter that won't go away. That's the trouble with Dear John letters.

4.  Mom dealing with her son's weed problem. There's more where that came from.

5.  Telsa writing J. P. Morgan by the light of his magic bulb. So much for venture capital.

6.  What happens when the Tesla transmitter is plugged in. The Denver Post said, "It's Back to the Future."

7.  What happens immediately afterwards.  I say no more.

8.  Seeing as Tesla sees, however briefly. The real magic.

9.  The earth resonance music of Mark Arnest. 60 times a second.

10.  Five distinctive fine actors doing an honest 90 minutes work.  You can't beat that.

What to drive

What sort of car should the artistic director of THEATREWORKS drive?  A question to be asked. Something classy and something small, befitting my position with the classiest little theater in town.  Something  cooler than my magic iphone, cooler even than the iphone 4g which I have not got. Something zippy, something that corners like a dream and  goes from 0-60 in 3.7 seconds, like my mind on a good day (increasingly rare).  Something green, and something future oriented.  A very quiet car so I can hear myself talking. A chick magnet car (I need all the help I can get these days, and the director's couch is so passe).  And of course a car that perfectly suits our current sensational season.  Finally, a company car that will exhaust no more than 25% of our endowment.  I have found such a vehicle,and last weekend I flew to Milwaukee to take possession.  Here I am with my luggage being loaded in the trunk. Look on my new set of wheels: the 2010 Tesla of course. The only car the THEATREWORKS Artistic Director should drive. Passenger resumes are now being accepted.