Saturday, March 10, 2018
Writers looking for subject matter are advised to pick what they know and what they love. Dan Nguyen has obeyed, taking the NASA milieu from his childhood obsession and the issues of male su…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:10AMFriday, March 9, 2018
At Home at the Zoo, the last name Albee picked for one of his works, carries as much weight as one can ask of a name.
The post Review: Edward Albee’s <em>At Home at the Zoo</em>…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:09AMSaturday, June 4, 2016
Round and round Gillian Anderson’s Blanche DuBois goes, and where she stops, everyone knows.
The post <em>A Streetcar Named Desire</em> at St. Ann’s Warehouse appeared first …
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:47AMFriday, February 26, 2016
The bracing final moment, in which the servant Firs discovers he’s locked in the house, is a coup de theatre.
The post Like a Harp String Breaking: The Cherry Orchard at BAM appeared first…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 04:02PMThursday, October 1, 2015
Ultimately, this Antigone does what it espouses, appealing to our level heads rather than inflaming our passions.
The post Scenes from the Elemental: <em>Antigone</em> at BAM app…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 04:57PMMonday, July 6, 2015
Peter Gallagher and On the Twentieth Century each made their Broadway debuts during the same 1977 to '78 season. Since then, the musical has rarely been seen, but the actor has had one of th…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 09:32PMGallagher’s work has never gone stale because the actor keeps things both cool and committed.
The post <em>On the Twentieth Century</em> Interview with Peter Gallagher appeared…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 02:50PMSunday, June 21, 2015
if you can watch this loony lark now at the Geffen without grinning from start to finish, that would be a mystery indeed. .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:29PMTuesday, June 16, 2015
The road show of the Broadway hit launches its road show at LA's Ahmanson
SOURCE: at 08:51AMFriday, June 5, 2015
For the past five years, director Sam Gold has been a standard bearer for seriously accessible American theater.
The post Summer of Sam: An Interview with <em>Fun Home</em> and &…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 12:20PMTuesday, June 2, 2015
Hello, John Douglas Thompson! It's so nice to have him back where he belongs, which is on any stage lucky enough to have him. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:53AMWednesday, March 4, 2015
Its band of heroes may not be at their best, but they eek out a minor victory in their major effort to fight the good fight with heart, humor, and exceptional skill. .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:05AMSunday, March 1, 2015
Fans of this twenty-year-old pocket musical will welcome this Keen Company revival.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:16AMWednesday, February 25, 2015
Jennifer Haley's futuristic world now explored in downtown Manhattan
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:30AMSunday, December 28, 2014
Michael Cera discusses his newfound experience as a stage actor and Brooklynite.
The post Post-Youth: An Interview with <em>This Is Our Youth</em>’s Michael Cera appeared first…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 07:55PMFriday, October 17, 2014
Theater director Ivo van Hove has made a habit of breaching borders.
The post Ivo van Hove on Directing <em>Scenes from a Marriage</em> and <em>Angels in America</em>…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 07:21PMMonday, July 21, 2014
Cherry Jones loves company, so it's fitting that she plays the proprietor of a bed and breakfast in When We Were Young and Unafraid. You won't find the actress demanding her own dressing roo…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 06:57AMSunday, July 20, 2014
Cherry Jones loves company, so it’s fitting that she plays the proprietor of a bed and breakfast in the show.
The post <em>When We Were Young and Unafraid</em> Interview with C…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 10:52AMThursday, July 10, 2014
Luckily for Tom Kitt, he was in his dorm room when opportunity knocked.
The post <em>If/Then</em> Interview with Tom Kitt appeared first on Slant Magazine.
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 06:28PMSunday, June 29, 2014
Donald Margulies' new play is a pleasant refreshment. But for greater risk and reward, a Chekhov play might be in orde
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:48AMThursday, June 26, 2014
- Roger Crane makes a solid debut as a playwright with this juicy, true tale of papal politics and, possibly, murder..
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:16AMTuesday, May 13, 2014
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' free adaptation of Dion Boucicault's 1859 slave melodrama is in-your-face funny
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:10AMFriday, May 9, 2014
It's back, better than ever and for an open run . . Read More
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:47AMTuesday, April 15, 2014
Estelle Parsons has always found something interesting to do.
The post <em>The Velocity of Autumn</em> Interview with Estelle Parsons appeared first on Slant Magazine.
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 11:37AMTuesday, April 1, 2014
Greg Pierce's 2 character play is slow but it's steady. And it wins the race if what's prized is skilled simplicity .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:33AMSunday, December 29, 2013
Brian Dennehy gives his considerable all to Sebastian Barry's exquisitely written but dramatically unengaging play
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:04AMSaturday, November 23, 2013
Robins’s 30-year career, with a new leading role season after season, is studded with indelible performances.
The post Interview: Laila Robins on the Public Theater’s <em>The Apple…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 10:20AMFriday, November 15, 2013
In David Adjmi’s satirical Marie Antoinette, the titular royal doesn’t start using her head until she’s in danger of losing it.
The post Review: <em>Marie Antoinette</em> a…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 03:22PMSunday, November 3, 2013
Watching Alison Pill's star turn should prove an effective remedy for the end of daylight savings time's darker afternoons. She lights up the stage. .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:35AMThursday, October 31, 2013
Unlike West Side Story and many other musicals based on the Bard’s work, Michael Kimmel’s libretto sticks largely to the playwright’s iambs.
The post Review: <em>The Last Goodbye…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 08:12AMThursday, October 24, 2013
This first large-scale Los Angeles revival brings Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch together again for the first tim
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:32AM 
