By Bob Shuman Theatre watchers may contemplate how two plays, both once directed by Orson Welles for the Depression's Federal Theatre, have devilishly reappeared, not during a time of low un…
(Harrison Smith's article appeared in the Washington Post, 4/14.) Bibi Andersson, a Swedish actress whose portrayals of chaste schoolgirls, beguiling young women and tortured wives made her …
(Michael Billlington's article appeared in the Guardian, 4/12.) Absent from the stage for 12 years, Maggie Smith returns in triumph. But this is no barnstorming performance. She plays,…
THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN The Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage by Sean O'Casey directed by Ciarán O'Reilly Visit Irish Rep With Una Clancy, Terry Donnelly, Rory Duffy, Meg Hennessy…
(Daniel Mendelsohn's article appeared in the New York Review of Books, 4/18.) The Best Intentions by Ingmar Bergman, translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate Arcade, 298 pp., $16.99 (paper) …
(Alexis Soloski's article appeared in the Guardian, 3/31; via Pam Green.) Shattering, galvanizing and very funny, Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me close reads an old text in…
TRANSFORMING THE TRADITIONAL WORLD OF KABUKI WITH KINOSHITA-KABUKI (Nobuko Tanaka's article appeared in Japan Times, 3/12.) For many people, the mention of kabuki brings to mind images of ex…
(Published 3/31.) Cillian Murphy and Sarah Morris win main acting awards BEST PRODUCTIONÂ Richard IIIÂ "A Druid Theatre production of Shakespeare's play, in association with the Abbey Th…
Listen Mathew Baynton, Andrew Buchan and Toby Jones star in an energetic new production of the play that made Tom Stoppard's reputation overnight in 1967. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Ha…
(Ben Brantley's article appeared in The New York Time, 3/28; via Pam Green.) In the beginning, there is nothing. And in the end, there is " nothing, once again. Such is the way of all flesh,…
(Alexis Soloski's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/20; via Pam Green.) The actor Santino Fontana had his legs waxed for the first time last year. His chest, too. He mastered, mostly…
(Dave Itzkoff's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/25.) There are those perennial stage works that are perfectly suited to be performed in high schools across the country every year: …
(Marissa Nicosia's article appeared on Folger.edu; via Pam Green.)  Citrus and sugar: Making marmalade with Hannah Woolley As our First Chefs recipe series continues, Marissa Nicos…
(Josh Gabbatiss's article appeared in the Independent, 3/12.) 'I got the idea that maybe acting was a bit similar to possession…Â when you're acting you're kind of being taken over by ch…
(Alexandra Alter's and Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 3/8; via Pam Green.) The set for "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the Kavinoky Theater at D'Youville College in Buf…
(Alexandra Guzeva's article appeared in Russia Beyond the Headlines, 3 /4.) People living in America and the UK will be able to watch Russia's best-selling musical, Anna Karenina, staged by …
(Taffy Brodesser-Akner's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/27; via Pam Green.) At the relatively late age of 43 " though basically a toddler compared to much of a recent audience for…
Urban Stages Presents DEATH OF A DRIVER Written by WILL SNIDER. Directed by KIM T. SHARP Starring SARAH BASKIN and PATRICK SSENJOVU New York: Urban Stages (Frances Hill, Founding Artistic…
(Michael Paulson's article appeared in The New York Times, 2/28; via Pam Green.)  The American Repertory Theater, one of the nation's leading regional theaters, is planning to move fr…
(Susan Stamberg's article appeared on NPR 2/28.) André Previn, a celebrated musical polymath, died Thursday morning; he was a composer of Oscar-winning film music, conductor, pianist and mu…
(Michael Billington's article appeared in the Guardian, 2/26.) I've often complained about the move towards a directors' theatre. But directors can also renew a familiar work " which is prec…