Saturday, October 29, 2016
Thus hails the original trailer for Paramount’s 1942 film Holiday Inn. Opening just after America had entered World War II, Holiday Inn earned public adoration, critical acclaim, Academ…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 01:07PMSaturday, June 18, 2016
“He is by nature and preference a simple, unpretentious man, whose inclinations are still close to his humble beginnings and his Irish farmer forebears. But the actor shows in all his unco…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 02:18PMThursday, March 31, 2016
“Why, just to write about what might happen along some little road like the Natchez Trace—which reaches so far into the past and has been the trail for so many kinds of people— is enou…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:19AMSunday, December 13, 2015
The meaning of dreams is a recurring theme in The Humans. Brigid’s father Erik and boyfriend Richard each reveal images from their “weird dreams,” and since Richard has stud…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 03:29PMSaturday, December 12, 2015
Go back in time and explore the sites of Therese Raquin's Paris. Raquin Shop/Home “..the Arcade of the Pont Neuf, a sort of narrow, dark corridor...not a place for a stroll.” Zola imagi…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:15AMWednesday, November 18, 2015
From the hurt rage of Medea to the poisonous suspicion of Othello, romantic jealousy drives some of theatre’s most dramatic plays. Novelist Howard Johnson explains that “jealousy is w…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 04:04PMThursday, November 12, 2015
Relationships with family members can turn holidays into stressful occasions, stirring up memories, fears, regrets, and resentments. No wonder American playwrights have been so inspired by …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 09:05AMSunday, October 11, 2015
Émile Zola was a significant 19th century French novelist, critic, and political activist. Born in Paris in 1840, Émile Édouard-Charles-Antoine Zola was the only child of an Italian fathe…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 01:15PMWednesday, August 26, 2015
The morning rush at my overcrowded subway station can be stressful. The stairways to the platforms are usually backed up with hurried workers, baby carriages, children, and slow-going elderl…
SOURCE: nytheaternow.com at 03:22PM 
