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Haiku Reviews: 'Cashdollars,' Canvas & The Castro (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

First Posted: 09/23/11 05:04 PM ET   Updated: 11/23/11 05:12 AM ET

HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a weekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the traditional Haiku form of 5x7x5 syllables, others might be a sonnet or a string of words together. This week Peter Frank, and George Heymont give quick takes on theatre and visual arts from Woodstock to Los Angeles. Is there a show or performance that you think people should know about? Write a Haiku with a link and shine a light on something you think is noteworthy too.

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Julia (Carrie Paff) and Agnes (Kimberly King) share an uncomfortable mother/daughter moment in Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance (Photo by: David Allen)

WHAT:
Aurora Theatre Company
A Delicate Balance
Through October 9
Aurora Theatre, 2081 Addison Street, Berkeley, California

HAIKU REVIEW: Because I have always thought of A Delicate Balance as an "American Goyische Tragedy," I was curious to see how Edward Albee's dama would unfold in the 150-seat Alafi Auditorium with its three-quarter thrust stage (as opposed to a standard, 1,000-seat proscenium-style theatre). With no fourth wall offering any protection -- and the performers almost in the audience's laps -- the result is a much greater sense of feigned intimacy, mounting insecurity, and panicky loss in a totally dysfunctional upscale suburban family. This is a great cast in a great production of a great American play. Don't miss it!
-George Heymont
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HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a weekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the traditional Haiku form of 5x7x5 syllables, others might be...
HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a weekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the traditional Haiku form of 5x7x5 syllables, others might be...
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