Thursday, July 12, 2012
With the production of its 13th and last play, the playwrights’ collective 13P is on the cusp of dissolving.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:41PMTuesday, July 10, 2012
It may not always be deliberate on the part of the playwright, but plays that plunge you into theatrical confusion can be a pleasureLast week, I found myself in familiar environs – in the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:30AMThursday, July 5, 2012
The way a character is introduced in the new play "3C" gets Alexis Soloski thinking about the art of the stage arrival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:52PMMonday, June 11, 2012
It was a weak year for musicals but an excellent one for plays, with Corden scooping the best actor award from a remarkable shortlist. But it was host Neil Patrick Harris who stole the showI…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:21AMFriday, April 13, 2012
Venus in Fur is the latest play to tempt audiences into ogling its scantily clad cast. Now stage stars are being rated on sex appealA woman with long, blonde hair and a heavily lipsticked mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:40AMThursday, April 12, 2012
From Ricky Martin on Broadway to Ashlee Simpson and Melissa Etheridge, many pop stars struggle in the theatre. Maybe it's time they steered clearRicky Martin has jaunty hair, shockingly whit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50AMFrom Ricky Martin on Broadway to Ashlee Simpson and Melissa Etheridge, many pop stars struggle in the theatre. Maybe it's time they steered clear Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:50AMWednesday, April 11, 2012
Christina Ricci, a film actor who suffered from stage fright during her first play, has returned to the theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:16PMWednesday, March 28, 2012
As James Corden fans waiting to see One Man, Two Guvnors in the West End now know, the big-name actor may not be the one you see on stage. But sometimes these performances are the bestYou've…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:28AMThursday, March 22, 2012
The playwright Amy Herzog, whose “4000 Miles” is being remounted at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, draws on her family history and especially her grandmother.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:37PMTuesday, March 13, 2012
Despite its roots in ritual, religion gets barely a look-in on stage these days. Why?By all rights, theatre ought to say its prayers. According to most origin stories, theatre emerged out of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMThursday, February 9, 2012
The actor Morgan Spector is in another high-profile immigrant role, in Erika Sheffer’s “Russian Transport.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:02PMFriday, January 27, 2012
“The Broken Heart” and “ ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore,” blood-soaked dramas by the 17th-century playwright John Ford, are landing in New York in the coming weeks.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:00PMTuesday, January 3, 2012
The British-German troupe Gob Squad returns to the Public Theater with two shows that rely on the audience or passers-by to work.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:39PMThursday, November 24, 2011
If a critic gave a rave review to something generally regarded as awful, would you stop taking them seriously - or admire their iconoclasm?A few months ago I went to the theatre with a frien…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMWednesday, November 16, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Forget all that tediously realistic convulsing and juddering – a really convincing theatrical death is better left unseenWhen I was small, stage deaths used to upset me – even if I remin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08AMSunday, October 30, 2011
Esther Freud’s new novel, “Lucky Break,” focuses on three actors as it explores the frustrations and occasional joys of an acting career.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:03AMWednesday, October 19, 2011
From Oedipus to the Oresteia, ancient plays are full of folk taking out their nearest and dearest – and the theme persists through the centuriesIs there a phenomenon more elusive to the st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AMWednesday, October 5, 2011
Intrepid theatremakers have produced versions of everything from Aristotle's Poetics to Das Kapital – but which is the strangest work to make it on to the stage?Last week, I brought a clus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05AMWednesday, September 28, 2011
Should we lay down rules on relationships between critics and artists? Or should reviewers find their own moral compass?An awards committee on which I frequently serve has a long-standing r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:53AMWednesday, August 31, 2011
A troupe of actors who didn’t want to wait to be cast elsewhere decided to put on a show two years ago, a minimalist production of “Cymbeline” that lives on today.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:59AMThursday, August 4, 2011
London theatreland can serve up a classy cocktail, so why does New York abstain when it comes to booze on – and off – Broadway?The Drunkard, a melodrama that debuted in New York in 1844,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMWednesday, August 3, 2011
The Woodshed Collective’s latest site-specific work is “The Tenant,” to be staged at the West-Park Presbyterian Church.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:38PMThursday, July 28, 2011
Detective fiction is thriving, so why does theatre make do with workmanlike adaptations in place of real stage whodunnits?When I was very young, I used to think that a mystery play must be a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:34AMThursday, June 30, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Rupert Goold's 'immersive' retelling of the events of September 11 will mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy. But are there some places theatre should not tread?Strange as it may sound, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:58AMFriday, June 10, 2011
In my time as a theatre critic I've been stalked in my seat and groped onstage. What's your lowest theatrical moment?What's your lowest theatrical point? I don't mean the sort of evening whe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:30AMTuesday, June 7, 2011
I can handle seven shows a week on a diet of falafel. But keeping oneself fit to sit in the theatre is crucial for survivalRecently, I have found myself beset with a strange predicament: I c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:07AMWednesday, May 18, 2011
Many of the terms we use to define dramatic success belong in the distant past. How to describe the freshest and most exciting work out there?Once upon a time, the "avant garde" didn't refer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMWednesday, April 13, 2011
He ain't the man in two new productions
SOURCE: Village Voice at 01:11PM 
