Metro Times, 5/8

Sex and death during the French Revolution

by Lisabeth Hock

Lisabeth Hock, a freelance writer and theater critic who is an associate professor of German at Wayne State University, wrote a review of Marat/Sade, playing at the Hilberry Theatre through May 11. Hock wrote: "The play's central question - is change possible, and, if so, how and at what cost? - recalls historical moments with which we do and do not like to identify: the American and Communist revolutions; the movements for civil, women's and LGBT rights; acts of terrorism; the Arab Spring; and Guantanamo hunger strikes. Returning guest director Matthew Earnest explores the resonances of this deeply haunting and disturbingly funny play in an impressive celebration of the 50th anniversaries of both Weiss's Marat/Sade and the Hilberry."

http://metrotimes.com/arts/arts-features/sex-and-death-during-the-french-revolution-1.1485810

 

Detroit Free Press, 4/25

"Hilberry has anachronistic fun with French history in Marat/Sade"

by John Monaghan

"Marat/Sade," full title "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade," is being performed at the Hilberry Theatre, 2 & 8 p.m., Saturday, 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, through May 11. "Marat/Sade" celebrates the Hilberry Theatre's 50th anniversary as well as the play's 50th. Director Matthew Earnest and his cast of Wayne State University graduate students do "a decent job of plucking the show from the mothballs. There are eccentric moments to savor in the production, and many of them involve actors Jones and Sawson, both third-year students who are ending their Hilberry affiliation with this production."

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013304250027

 

Broadway World, 3/27

Marat/Sade to conclude Hilberry Theatre's 50th season, 4/19-5/11

Playing April 19 through May 11, the Tony Award-winning play "Marat/Sade" will conclude the Hilberry Theatre's milestone 50th season. This legendary play-within-a-play is a wildly theatrical, multi-layered event not to be missed.
MARAT/SADE to Conclude Hilberry Theatre's 50th Season, 4/19-5/11.