Tuesday, February 24, 2015
“The critically acclaimed epic play Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2, & 3) by Suzan-Lori Parks has won the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for a theatrical work inspired by Ame…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:01AM“While the locals flock to the 300 or so venues, they are largely un-visited by tourists and expats because one of the main requirements for a visit is a good knowledge of French. At l…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:39AMThursday, February 19, 2015
“You feel like crap, you’re exhausted, you may be sick, you may have a cold. I’ve got arthritis everywhere. … But it all disappears the minute the lights come up and …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:05PM“His name might not have been on the handicappers’ shortlist, but Joseph Haj’s appointment Tuesday as artistic director of the Guthrie Theater brought waves of acknowledgme…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:05AMWednesday, February 18, 2015
“He asks students to write bad plays, to write plays with their nondominant hands, to write a play that takes five hours to perform and covers a period of seven years. Ms. Satter recal…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:33PM“Despite his reverence for the Bard, Simon Russell Beale argues against a puritanical approach to his texts, suggesting that they should be seen as blueprints. Shakespeare is ‘bi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:01PMMark Shenton: “Every single seat, regardless of where in the house it is, is becoming an investment. And if you have to pause before you even book a ticket in the balcony, why bother? …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:55AM“Union BECTU is demanding a rise in the hourly rate that tour guides working at the venue receive, claiming that collectively the employees help make the Globe thousands of pounds. Acc…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:43AMThursday, February 12, 2015
“Sir Tom explained how he had to change a scene in The Hard Truth three times between the previews, making a particular allusion more and more obvious each time. … ‘And I m…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:00AMExcept that the prize at the festival of Dionysus wasn’t a statuette. It was a live goat.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:35AMWednesday, February 11, 2015
Michael Gambon: “This can’t work. You can’t be in theatre, free on the stage, shouting and screaming and running around, with someone reading you your lines.”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:39AMTuesday, February 10, 2015
“Terrence McNally plays are like city buses: They sweep by, may not take you where you think you’re going, and, when absent for a while, suddenly arrive in droves and from all di…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:42AMFriday, February 6, 2015
Charles McNulty: “What is different about his most recent plays, however, is that amid the dilapidated settings, killer hangovers, corrosive humor and generalized brutality, McPherson …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:02AMThursday, February 5, 2015
“More plays were staged by the UK’s most-subsidised theatre companies in 2014 compared with five years earlier, despite fears about funding cuts, BBC research suggests. A total o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:02AM“A few years ago, the theatre establishment mobilised stars from Danny Boyle to Dame Helen Mirren to warn about funding cuts. New figures suggest theatres have actually increased produ…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:01AMWednesday, February 4, 2015
“But nothing could prepare the audience for set at New York City’s Town Hall last November, where [Tig Notaro] stunned attendees by removing her shirt and performing the rest of …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36AM 
