The Bread & Puppet Theater, The Divine Reality Comedy (2007)
“A theatergoer’s heart could be forgiven for sinking upon learning that the production she was scheduled to see at Theater for the New City was a riff on Dante called ‘The Divine Reality Comedy’ and featured a ‘Born to Buy’ critique set in ‘Paradise.’ But that heart lifted upon hearing that Peter Schumann’s ragtag collective, the Bread and Puppet Theater, was the company undertaking said riff.
“Alas, even Mr. Schumann’s magical puppets and cutouts couldn’t resurrect the dead horse of anticonsumerism satire. Still, there were consolations even in “Paradise” (Santa’s mad dancing to a live brass band, for one), which preceded far stranger, more powerful commentaries on political violence. […]” –Claudia La Rocco, “No Escape From Reality, Even For Magical Horses,” The New York Times, December 1, 2007
Sighting Citation:
“The Bread & Puppet Theater, The Divine Reality Comedy (2007).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. December 14, 2007. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/the-bread-puppet-theater-the-divine-reality-comedy-2007/.