Sunday, April 27, 2025

Review: Crowded Fire’s latest shows that not everything needs to become a play by Lily Janiak

The breakup play “The Last of the Love Letters” by Ngozi Anyanwu is indulgent, repetitive and trite. 

SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:21PM
Thursday, April 24, 2025

From a Pedro Pascal prompt, 'The Last of the Love Letters' - 48 Hills

Ngozi Anyanwu's play at Z Below was written in a fervor after the actor prodded her with a playbill and a lack of 'insane' roles.

SOURCE: Google at 02:12AM
Sunday, March 9, 2025

Dear Martin review – darkly comic prison pen-pal drama lacks bite by Arifa Akbar

Arcola theatre, LondonMadeleine Brettingham’s play aims to unpick male friendships and send up criminal groupies, but it treats the subject of mental health too lightly to make it meaningf…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM
Monday, February 24, 2025

‘A dream come true’: Syrian twin actors return home after 14 years of exile in France by Andrei Popoviciu; Photography By Alexandra Corcode

For the 41-year-old brothers, returning to their flat is bittersweet. Their apartment was more than just a home. It was once a stage, a space where they performed original theatre plays away…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AM
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

The Epistolary Charms of “Dear Jack, Dear Louise” by Ron Fassler

Theatre Review by Ron Fassler . . . I only got to Ken Ludwig’s 2019 play Dear Jack, Dear Louise last night and since it closes this weekend please take my word that it’s well worth rus…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:44PM
Thursday, February 6, 2025

The Choreographer Chris Gattelli Sends Love Letters to His Dance Heroes by Margaret Fuhrer

The dance humor in Christopher Gattelli’s shows, like “Schmigadoon!” and “Death Becomes Her,” is underpinned by affection for musical theater and its excesses.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AM
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Dear Jack, Dear Louise: WWII Love Letters, with Wit and Charm - New York Stage Review

Steven Suskin has been reviewing theater and music since 1999 for Variety, Playbill, the Huffington Post, and elsewhere. He has written 17 books ...

SOURCE: Google at 01:03AM
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Pen Pals ***** by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons January 28, 2025: There’s nothing particularly new about a play based on correspondence between two friends (one can’t help thinking of A. R. Gurney’s Love Let…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:31PM
Monday, January 27, 2025

Dear Jack, Dear Louise: WWII Love Letters, with Wit and Charm by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ Playwright Ken Ludwig finds literary delight in the family attic The post Dear Jack, Dear Louise: WWII Love Letters, with Wit and Charm appeared first on New York Stage Revie…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 05:39PM
Sunday, December 22, 2024

My Variety Review: "All In: Comedy About Love" on Broadway by Frank Rizzo

There’s a cozy ease that permeates “All In,” in which a rotating cast of celebs narrates, with both flourish and offhandedness, the humorous and offbeat essays of The New Yorker writer…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 08:25PM
Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Ted Weiant, Director of A.R. Gurney Plays, Dies at 77 by Mike Barnes

He guided productions of ‘Love Letters’ and ‘Sylvia’ and ran the defunct Canon Theatre in Beverly Hills with his late wife, Tony winner Joan Stein. 

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:43PM
Thursday, November 28, 2024

Irish Repertory Theatre, Brooke Shields & John Slattery take the stage for the FINAL ... - Khondrion

Brooke Shields & John Slattery take the stage for the FINAL WEEK of LOVE LETTERS . https://assets.playbill.com/editorial/_verticalListLarge/IMG_5009.

SOURCE: Google at 07:12PM
Sunday, October 27, 2024

Cleats, Chords, and Connections: Jim Catapano reviews 2 by Ken Couglin by Jaymichaelsae

Ken Coughlin’s New Plays Are Love Letters to Two Legendary Pastimes The award-winning Ken Coughlin has turned his attention to two of the most cherished pursuits of modern times: Baseball …

SOURCE: Arts Independent at 04:47PM
Thursday, August 29, 2024

The Roommate, Starring Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone, Begins Its Broadway Engagement by Hayley Levitt

The Roommate, a new play by Jen Silverman, begins its Broadway run at the Booth Theatre on August 29 ahead of a September 12 opening. Mia Farrow and three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPon…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AM
Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Glitch review – dynamically delivered drama about the Post Office scandal by Mark Lawson

Minghella theatre, ReadingViewers may be well versed on the Horizon debacle, but this play offers a fresh perspective by focusing on one victim’s story A stage set of a small Post Office b…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AM
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal Prep to Tour the Country in LOVE LETTERS! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal will star in an upcoming national tour of LOVE LETTERS, celebrated playwright A.R. Gurney's enduring romance about first loves and s…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:32AM
Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Red Carpet: Opening Night of LOVE LETTERS by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Mia Farrow and Brian Dennehy began performances in A.R. Gurney's Love Letters at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre this past weekend on Saturday, September 13 and ope…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:42AM

Mia Farrow and Brian Dennehy Talk LOVE LETTERS on Opening Night! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Mia Farrow and Brian Dennehy star in A.R. Gurney's Love Letters at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, which opened last week. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there …

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:42AM
Friday, May 24, 2024

Highlights from Broadway's LOVE LETTERS with Mia Farrow and Brian Dennehy! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Mia Farrow and Brian Dennehy began performances in A.R. Gurney's Love Letters at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre this past weekend on Saturday, September 13 and ope…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:36AM
Friday, April 12, 2024

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Patti LuPone, Mia Farrow, Tom Holland. By: David Sheward April 13, 2024: According to the New York Post, Tony winner Patti PuPone and Mia Farrow will return to Broadway in a two-person p…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:00AM
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Twelfth Night (Teaser) | Stratford Festival 2024 by Stratford Festival

"O time, thou must untangle this, not I. It is too hard a knot for me to t'untie" TWELFTH NIGHT April 26 - October 26 | Festival Theatre Opening Night Performance: May 27 In Shakespeare's …

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:36AM
Friday, February 9, 2024

Playhouse presents 'Love Letters' for Valentine's Day | News | murrayledger.com

As Playbill.com states, “The play's two characters are a man and a woman who exchange letters, but not marriage vows, in a warm and complicated ...

SOURCE: Google at 01:42AM
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Chicago Love Letters: Steppenwolf 1700’s LookOut Series Returns by Sharon Hoyer

Steppenwolf is the most recognizable name in Chicago theater. Since 2016 the venerable institution has become an incubator of multidisciplinary and experimental performance as well, presente…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Les Noces – The Departure review: absorbingly renewed marriage bonds by Lyndsey Winship

Woolwich Works, London On a catwalk-like stage, the ambitious New Movement Collective celebrate Stravinsky’s peasant wedding with a twist, adding fresh musical compositions to ramp up the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM
Monday, December 25, 2023

My 2023 Year In Review by Adam Szymkowicz

Hi Friends! I've been doing these summaries for a long time but also they start in 2007 when I was at Juilliard and exciting things were already happening.  I don't have a year in review…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 05:18PM
Thursday, December 21, 2023

Photos: Leslie Odom, Jr., Kara Young and the Cast of PURLIE VICTORIOUS Celebrate Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee At Schomburg Center

This past Monday at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the stars of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through The Cotton Patch celebra…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:27AM
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Video: Watch Wade McCollum Perform 'Love Letters' From Off-Broadway's Make Me Gorgeous!, Opening November 15 by Andrew Gans

Also, check out photos of McCollum as LGBTQ+ trailblazer Kenneth "Mr. Madam" Marlowe.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:06AM
Saturday, October 7, 2023

Love Letters

The post Love Letters appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:40AM
Friday, September 29, 2023

Meet the Seattle playwright of ‘Love Letters,’ highlighting autistic nonspeakers by Dusty Somers

Sofia Ghassaei, a 19-year-old Seattle playwright and poet who is an autistic nonspeaker, wrote "Love Letters," streaming on YouTube and screening soon at Seattle Film Institute.

SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:00AM
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Love Letters Returns to Irish Rep With Matthew Broderick, Brooke Shields, Victor Garber, More Beginning September 5 by Meg Masseron

The drama following two friends exchanging letters over time is back for a limited engagement after a sold-out run last spring.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13AM
Monday, August 28, 2023

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