11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
When a town has to fend off a tyrant
'We kill the tyrants or die trying to, for we are many and they are few,' proclaims a mayor pushed to his limits in a new adaptation from Spanish playwright Juan Mayorga of the classic 1600s work 'Fuenteovejuna.'
Claims of tyranny haven't exactly disappeared from the headlines in 2025. And GALA Hispanic Theatre's U.S. premiere production, directed by José Luis Arellano, brings a contemporary freshness to a storied Lope de Vega work that still feels urgent and stirring, weaving together snippets of song, dance and verse as it meditates on the collective strength a group united can wage upon a corrupt leader.
