Were all the artists involved under the influence of some hallucinogen? This is the least rational movie ever produced by the American studio system. The post Feingold on Old Movies for Thea…
The legendary Little Tramp spins a fantastical comedy about a serial killer The post Feingold on Old Movies for Theater Lovers: Charles Chaplin's 'Monsieur Verdoux' appeared first on New Yor…
The unclassifiable supernatural omnibus classic includes a neurotically unforgettable performance by Michael Redgrave, father of Vanessa and Lynn The post Feingold on Old Movies for Theater …
Feingold continues his close examination of the 1936 motion picture version of Kern and Hammerstein's "Show Boat" The post Feingold on Old Movies for Theater Lovers: James Whale's 'Show Boat…
(This is the first part of a two-part column. The second part will appear next month.) Warning to my fellow voyagers: This boat ride may take our rickety vessel through some deep and turbule…
Producer Val Lewton's two "Cat People" movies, from World War II, are like nothing you've ever seen. The post Feingold on Old Movies for Theater Lovers: Val Lewton's 'Cat People' (1942) &…
Manic and hectic, New York is full of stories that can drive people to, and sometimes over, the edge. William Wyler's 'Counsellor-at-Law' captures that excess in all its glory. The post Fein…
If you care about the theater and you've never seen 'Children of Paradise,' you don't really know yet what it is you care about. The post Feingold on Old Movies for Theater Lovers: Marcel Ca…
Death, marital infidelity, egomaniacal actors, and inept totalitarian armies all conspire to produce a glorious absurd comedy. The post Feingold on Old Movies for Theater Lovers: Ernst Lubi…
Though full of witty barbs and sharp bits of reality, the Rouben Mamoulian"directed, Rodgers and Hart"scored musical seems lighter than air"and "Isn't It Romantic"! The post Feingold on Old …
William Faulkner's novel transformed for the screen in 1949, when racism in America was rarely examined by Hollywood The post Feingold on Old Movies for Theater Lovers: Clarence Brown's 'Int…
If you've never seen 'The Palm Beach Story,' and are among the lucky folk soon to taste its delights for the first time, what a treat you have in store. The post Feingold on Old Movies for T…
The first"and last"film Charles Laughton ever directed was poorly received and badly marketed in its initial release, though it's now widely, and rightfully, acclaimed The post Feingold on O…
This is the inaugural column of a new series. While we're all obliged to shelter in place, for who knows how long, and virtual encounters online are the only safe ones, I've decided to put i…
Michael Feingold looks at two popular century-old plays which had enduring afterlives, "Nothing But the Truth" and "The Cat and the Canary" The post The Feingold Column: My Recycled Repertoi…
From John Barrymore to Fernandel to Peter Sellers, actors all over the world have put their stamp on Marcel Pagnol's Topaze. The post The Feingold Column: My Recycled Repertoire, and Why (Pa…
I have a notion for what might be a four-play repertory season. The title most likely to be recognized is the British specimen, James M. Barrie's 'The Admirable Crichton.' The post The Feing…
The simplicity, even the banality, of a popular tune can be the arresting feature that gives a play its strength The post The Feingold Column: Songs to Write Plays By"Part 2 appeared first o…
How classic American songs worked their way into the plays of Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, August Wilson, and more The post The Feingold Column: Songs to Write Plays by"Part 1 appeared fi…
More summertime adventures working with playwrights and new plays at the O'Neill Conference. The post The Feingold Column: Recollections of the O'Neill Playwrights Conference " Part 2 appea…
To spend two to four weeks enjoying an uncrowded beach and a park full of ancient trees while rehearsing new plays with a crowd of gifted and enthusiastic colleagues was like an invitation t…
The cultural forms and images that make us human, that give shape and meaning and memory to our collective life as a species, are being increasingly forgotten. The post The Feingold Column: …
If music, as we've often been told, is the universal language, the Broadway musical seems at present to offer that language one of its broadest reaches The post The Feingold Column: How the …
Ohio's Bowling Green State University removed Lillian and Dorothy Gish's names from a campus theater, and insulted the sisters' legacies in the process. The post The Feingold Column: The Gis…
I'm innocent. I had no idea till after it had happened that somebody with access to the now-moribund Village Voice website had decided to celebrate the 28th anniversary of my review of the B…