In 1949, when “The Big Knife” was first done on Broadway, Clifford Odets’ disenchanted Hollywood matinee idol Charlie Castle must have seemed like a tragic hero, a gifted talent and an essentially decent man who sacrificed his integrity to the bitch-goddess of success.  A dramatic surrogate, in fact, for the bitter playwright himself, who left the theater to... Read more »
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM on April 16, 2013