Media Coverage
The Chamber Theatre delivers roses
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
by Damien Jaques, OnMilwaukee.com
The kitchen sink drama is a category of theater that revolves around family problems and conflict. The action takes place in a home, and, yes, the set usually includes a kitchen sink. Frank D. Gilroy's 1965 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Subject Was Roses" defines the genre. The Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's production of it that opened last weekend defines how to do it.
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Characters drive MCT's 'The Subject Was Roses'
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
by Russ Bickerstaff, Shepherd Express
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre brings a compelling, character-driven story to the stage with the Frank D. Gilroy drama The Subject Was Roses.A boy from the Bronx returns home from World War II to spend some time with his parents. Directed with compassion and precision by Milwaukee Chamber’s C. Michael Wright, the play isn’t as much about what happens to these characters as it is about who they are. It’s an opportunity for theatergoers to get to know three people quite intimately in the emotional proximity afforded by the Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre.
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The Heart of the Matter, Chamber Theatre's The Subject Was Roses
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
by Paul Kosidowski, Milwaukee Magazine/Inside Milwaukee
You don’t have to look very far to see the lengths to which theater has gone to attract attention in a media saturated world: Broadway-style spectacle, non-narrative performance, movie stars on stage. Thank goodness Milwaukee Chamber Theatre reminds us of the powerful connection that forms the core of dramatic storytelling. The Subject Was Roses is as simple as one can imagine: a couple, their son, two rooms, two acts. Frank Gilroy’s 1964 drama has us share the lives of three people over the course of 24 hours, and
most of us will leave feeling like we understand ourselves a little better.
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Chamber Theatre's Subject Was Roses touches
Sunday, November 21, 2010
by Peggy Sue Dunigan, Third Coast Digest
Timmy Cleary comes home from World War II as the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s The Subject Was Roses begins. His parents, Nettie and John, celebrate his homecoming as other families in their working-class New York neighborhood mourn lost sons.
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Family's dramas, conflicts come up 'Roses' for Chamber Theatre
Monday, November 22, 2010
by Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In the final scene of playwright Frank D. Gilroy's "The Subject Was Roses," John Cleary rehearses what he will say to persuade his son Timmy - a just-returned World War II soldier, determined to live on his own - to stay with his parents.
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Family's dramas come up 'Roses' for Chamber Theatre
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
by Mike Fischer, Special to the Journal Sentinel
"Almost a half-century ago, playwright Frank D. Gilroy's "The Subject Was Roses" won theater's Triple Crown, capturing the 1965 Tony Award, Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. Featuring a young and then largely unknown Martin Sheen, it also enjoyed a long Broadway run of more than 800 performances."
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Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s Dark, Dramatic ‘Roses’
Monday, November 15, 2010
by Russ Bickerstaff, Shepherd Express
"The post-World War II era is often viewed in a heavily romanticized light. But for many people living in the period right after WWII, civil rights remained decades away. And the wholesome image of America’s nuclear family, popularized by mid-20th-century TV and radio sitcoms, was grossly idealized, masking an emotional darkness behind closed doors. Frank D. Gilroy’s 1964 drama The Subject Was Roses was an early exploration of the American family beyond its wholesome faade. Milwaukee Chamber Theatre continues its season with a production of Gilroy’s drama in the intimate Studio Theatre of the Broadway Theatre Center. "
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