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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Week 8: the play now belongs to the actors and the audience by Michael Kahn

After a week of previews, we opened the show on Monday night. By the time you’re reading this, the reviews will have come in.  The relationship between a critic and director is quite a un…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:13PM
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Week 7: lessons from tech week by Michael Kahn

This week was tech week. The process is a slow one. I am continuing to work with the actors while the designers work on the bigger picture of the show. Michael Kahn (Photo: Scott Suchman) Ea…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:17AM
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Week 6: the runthroughs by Michael Kahn

We have been running Strange Interlude this week. Our first run was last Wednesday, a week ago. We ran through it again on Thursday and another time this weekend. I am very happy with the pr…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:44PM
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Week five: landing the final two scenes by Michael Kahn

It’s week five. We just keep marching through the play like Sherman to Atlanta. All the way to Georgia! Every day we fill in more of the picture. Each scene now has a real shape. I feel fr…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:41AM
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Week 4: we find O’Neill within the lines, the actors get comfortable, and we begin to see the contours of the scenes by Michael Kahn

To perform Eugene O’Neill, an actor has to be ruthlessly honest—with themself as much as with the play. It can be a tricky thing to sculpt for a director, and for the actor, it can exact…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:37AM
Thursday, March 1, 2012

We finally have a text. The exploration of our characters continues by Michael Kahn

Strange Interlude rehearsals continue. We entered rehearsals with a carefully edited script, but it has kept on changing and evolving. There were times when we would stop, in the middle of r…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:19PM
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Notes from the first week of rehearsal by Michael Kahn

Last week I discussed the careful editing process which Eugene O’Neill practically demands from his theatrical collaborators. Like all of O’Neill’s plays, Strange Interlude is profound…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:49PM
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

And so we begin by Michael Kahn

Hello, I am Michael Kahn, the Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Welcome to my new blog, “Stage Interludes from Michael Kahn.” Every Wednesday for the next eight weeks…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:40AM
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