{"id":27557,"date":"2014-02-10T10:42:15","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T14:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=27557"},"modified":"2022-09-29T12:45:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T16:45:09","slug":"the-magic-fire-review-wright-state-university-our-private-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/02\/10\/the-magic-fire-review-wright-state-university-our-private-world\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Magic Fire\u2019 review \u2013 Wright State University \u2013 our private world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/01\/30\/wright-state-university-theatre-set-to-perform-the-magic-fire\/_12449-144-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27203\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-27203\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/01\/12449-1441-260x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a>Excerpt<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wright State University returns to sophisticated fare with a beautifully executed regional premiere of Lillian Groag\u2019s semi-autobiographical, thought-provoking Argentinean drama <em>The Magic Fire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioned and originally produced in 1997 by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the engrossing, highbrow <em>Magic Fire<\/em>\u00a0concerns a close-knit family of European immigrants living in Buenos Aires circa 1952 during the divisive Juan Peron regime.<\/p>\n<p>As chaos consumes the streets with ever-present military force, the argumentative, opinionated, opera-adoring Bergs are reticent to join the fray, opting instead to safeguard themselves within their own private world of culture and music they hope cannot be vanquished. The symbolism of their behavior and the play\u2019s title astutely mirrors the final act of Richard Wagner\u2019s opera <em>Die Walk\u00fcre<\/em>, specifically Wotan\u2019s decision to encircle his sleeping daughter Br\u00fcnnhilde with an artificial wall of fire that only the bravest of men can penetrate. However, when the brother of the family\u2019s housekeeper seeks shelter in their home, it becomes impossible to ignore the political turmoil swirling in their midst.<\/p>\n<p>Read more from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/mostmetro.com\/performing-arts-theater\/the-magic-fire-review-wright-state-university-our-private-world.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dayton Most Metro<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpt Wright State University returns to sophisticated fare with a beautifully executed regional premiere of Lillian Groag\u2019s semi-autobiographical, thought-provoking Argentinean drama The Magic Fire. Commissioned and originally produced in 1997 by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the engrossing, highbrow Magic Fire\u00a0concerns &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/02\/10\/the-magic-fire-review-wright-state-university-our-private-world\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":27203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2037,4859,747,730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-scene","category-fine-and-performing-arts","category-liberal-arts","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27557"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130575,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27557\/revisions\/130575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}