Articles about Galileo
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Actor puts his faith in science and fumes when reason doesn't prevail
A Heretical Astronomer Rethinking His Revolution by ALLAN KOZINN
Philip Glass's 18th opera, which is notably fresher than his last few operas, presents Galileo's story in reverse chronology; it is the operatic equivalent of the film "Memento."
Things have come full circle for the actor, who will star in David Hare's version of "The Life of Galileo" at the Skirball Cultural Center.
Ira Hauptman's Starry Messenger, an inward look at the ripples Galileo's discovery made within his own family, will receive its world premiere at the Theater for the New City.
The New York Post writes that Danny Strong THE HUNGER GAMES held a world premiere reading of his new rock musical GALILEO yesterday afternoon, October 28. The cast featured Tony winner Lena …
In an age where there is irrefutable evidence for science and an overwhelming urge to further knowledge, it seems almost imponderable that a mere few hundred years ago authorities shunned th…
Ian McDiarmid's artful performance shines brightly in Brecht's satire rich in excitement of discovery.
Roxana Silbert revives her RSC version of A Life of Galileo at Birmingham Repertory Theatre before a UK tour.
In today's Wall Street Journal drama column I review two unconventional West Coast festival productions of a pair of well-loved...
The RSC's A Life Of Galileo is like a mighty but slightly ailing engine; it takes a little while to get going, but once it does the payoff is marvellous. Part of the problem is that Brecht i…
DIRECTOR'S TALK: ROXANA SILBERT The director of the Royal Shakespeare Company's A Life of Galileo in conversation with journalist Paul Allen. They talk about what Galileo means to Roxana, wh…
Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonAt first, Ian McDiarmid's performance seems way too actorly " like a TV historian overly eager to communicate enthusiasm. Stripped to the waist to perform his mornin…
Ian McDiarmid's performance in Roxana Silbert's production makes him seem perfectly attuned to Brecht's King Lear, writes Ian Shuttleworth
The American comic divides audiences, while Mike Bartlett's Bull gets few pats on its back. The RSC's revival of Brecht's Life of Galileo, meanwhile, is praised to the skiesIs Sarah Silverma…
From Rhys Tranter of A Piece of Monologue comes a pointer to this essay by Jonathan Bignell about Samuel Beckett‘s television plays. As might be expected, Bignell writes, these were no…
Ian McDiarmid has returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company for the
first time since 1985 to lead the cast of a new version of
Brecht’s A Life of Galileo, which opened this week (12 …
The RSC round off their "World Elsewhere" season now with Roxana Silbert's astringent and vigorous modern-dress revival of Brecht's Galileo.
Swan, Stratford-on-AvonA reactionary pope dies, only to be succeeded by a seeming liberal who soon reverts to institutional conservatism. You could hardly have a more topical play than this.…
