Although there can scarcely have been a time when the warnings of "1984" didn't feel urgent, Edward Snowden's revelations about present-day governmental monitoring of private behavior have turned George Orwell's dystopia into near documentary. Director and writer Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan's startling stage treatment of the material was conceived pre-Snowden and, to its immense... Read more »
SOURCE: Variety at 04:43PM on February 17, 2014