Tuesday, 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 01:11PMWednesday, April 6, 2011
Is there a comedian cuddlier than Mike Birbiglia? His girth and dress sense suggest a fraternity brother gone to seed, but his pleading eyes and...
SOURCE: Village Voice at 09:55AMThe Mad Ones head off to the New York World's Fair
SOURCE: Village Voice at 09:55AMSaturday, April 2, 2011
Marked 'Late'—the Roundabout's new high school drama centers on a dead student
SOURCE: Village Voice at 09:47AMPlus Derek Jacobi, the Shaggs, and other spring theater picks
SOURCE: Village Voice at 09:46AMMCC mounts Sharr White's look at brain disease and family
SOURCE: Village Voice at 09:41AMThursday, March 31, 2011
Once upon a time, going to the theatre was a sartorial event to rival a film premiere. Now, you're lucky if I even comb my hairWhen I was a little girl, I had a uniform for the theatre of bl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:46AMMonday, March 28, 2011
Documentary plays with an activist bent originated in the 1930s, but The Heretic and Greenland shows they are here to stayI recently spent a week in London. While walking through Hyde Park a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:56PMThursday, March 10, 2011
The Classic Stage Company takes on a production of the play “Double Falsehood,” an adaption by Lewis Theobald of “Cardenio,” a very possible collaboration by Shakespeare and John Fle…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:11PMTuesday, February 15, 2011
If I listened to every piece of advice I got from watching plays about marriage, I'd probably never marry my fianceCaroline Bishop may have suggested on this blog yesterday that getting wed …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMFriday, January 28, 2011
Charming, engaging and they even told jokes ... how two machines made me re-program the way I think about live theatreWhen I was a student, professors would often begin a course on theatre h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08AM 
