Daily Archives: July 10, 2013
Bristol Faires Well on Brink of Next Quarter-Century
Voted Best Renaissance Faire in the country in 2012, this summer’s 26th annual Bristol Renaissance Faire will open Saturday, July 6, for nine weekends through Labor Day Monday, Sep. 2. While more than 200,000 visitors immersed themselves in the multi-sensory revelry of last summer’s Bristol Renaissance Faire, partaking in an eclectic array of 16th Century arts, games, food, music, comedy and dance that earned top national honors from subscribers of Renaissance Magazine and the Renaissance Festival Podcast, Bristol’s producers were not content to rest on their bum-rolls. This summer’s creative team has again hit it out of the joust yard, with new construction on the 30-acre Faire site, enhanced immersive experiences for patrons, and an A-list of nationally-touring acts and artisans rivaling any season to date.
Read MoreAmericans in Paris
Abby and Zack, the 20-something American couple at the center of Amy Herzog’s play, appear to have a good marriage, but something isn’t right. Seeing is not believing and, as the audience will slowly discover, nothing could be further from the truth. Abby’s an actress-turned-Yoga instructor who has always wanted to live in Paris, or so Zach believes. Her husband is a medical graduate working for the French Doctors Without Borders, or so his wife thinks. That’s only part of the deception as this psychological thriller slowly scrapes away the glossiness of love and hope. Information these young expats share with one other may or may not be true. Like peeling an onion, their story is slowly revealed, both to the audience as well as to each other. Information we (and they) accept as truths eventually prove to be lies. And thus what begins as a look at a reasonably happy, well-balanced marriage gradually erodes into a gripping tale of mounting horror.
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