Fringe Review: 'R.U.R.'
Karel Capek's R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), playing at the Capital Fringe Festival, is a frantic cautionary tale of what happens when mechanical efficiency surpasses human intelligence. The production attempts to modernize the 1920s classic with iPhones and electronic music, but works best when it embraces its retro roots. In the future world of R.U.R, Rossum's [...]