Sunday, April 28, 2024
Old Vic; Battersea Arts Centre; Bush theatre, LondonRichard Jones’s supercharged staging of Sophie Treadwell’s 1920s masterpiece hits like a fist; Emma Rice subverts a dark fairytale wit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMFriday, April 19, 2024
Sophie Treadwell's 1928 hard hitter gets full musical and choreographic treatment
Virtuosity and a wildly beating heart are compatible in Richard Jones’s finely calibrated production of Re…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:24AMThursday, April 18, 2024
The production played an earlier run via Ustinov Studio and Theatre Royal Bath.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02AMThursday, April 11, 2024
The production played an earlier run via Ustinov Studio and Theatre Royal Bath.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24AMMonday, February 19, 2024
Playbill.com offers a behind-the-scenes look at opening night of the first Broadway revival of Machinal, starring Rebecca Hall in her ...
SOURCE: Google at 07:18PMTuesday, January 16, 2024
The production played an earlier run via Ustinov Studio and Theatre Royal Bath.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMMonday, December 25, 2023
This year, our readers were blown away by productions from Machinal to Free Your Mind – with one theatregoer returning to watch Groundhog Day four times
Fortune theatre, LondonA gloriously…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMTuesday, October 31, 2023
Theatre Royal, BathAn excellent cast give the story of Ruth Snyder, a woman executed by electric chair in 1928 for killing her husband, a cleverly inventive, chillingly modern update
Ruth Sn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PMFriday, October 20, 2023
Five-time Olivier winner Richard Jones is directing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PMFriday, October 13, 2023
Five-time Olivier winner Richard Jones is directing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMFriday, January 6, 2023
Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed.
Maria-Christina Oliveras Joins Broadway's Between Riverside and Crazy
Maria-Christina Oliveras is joining the company of Stephen Ad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:37PMWednesday, January 4, 2023
Maria-Christina Oliveras has joined Broadway’s “Between Riverside and Crazy” in the role of Church Lady. She assumes the role from Liza Colón-Zayas, who departed the production due to…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:46PMTuesday, August 23, 2022
New stars are taking the road to hell across the country. The national touring production of the Tony-winning musical Hadestown has extended its run through the spring of 2024, and new p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMWednesday, September 15, 2021
A Production Stage Manager of remarkable distinction who is esteemed equally for her work on shows, and for the wisdom and empathy Beverly Jenkins shares widely throughout the Broadway commu…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:38PMFriday, May 15, 2020
Hall stops by the virtual Playbill studio to talk about her screen and stage career.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMTuesday, September 10, 2019
Bess Wohl’s new play, "Make Believe," is a fascinating study of how the traumas of childhood affect our adult lives, particularly the damage seen and unseen parents inflict on their offspr…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:05PMFriday, June 7, 2019
American playwright Sophie Treadwell, who died in 1970, wrote 39 plays in her lifetime. Her most famous work is Machinal, revived by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:57AMWhite Bear, LondonSophie Treadwell’s long-lost tale of Freudian fear gets its first outing with a cast who foster high tension in an intimate venue
Sophie Treadwell is best known for her e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMFriday, May 31, 2019
Best known for her expressionist play Machinal, Sophie Treadwell has been regarded as a one-hit wonder. But, the director of the world
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMMonday, April 8, 2019
Meghan E. Jones - As a playwright, actor, producer, and director, Meghan E. Jones is a dynamic participant in New York City's independent theatre scene. After moving to New York from St. …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:55PMSunday, November 18, 2018
Taunt and remarkable is the production of Sophie Treadwell’s expressionistic play Machinal (1928), performed by George Mason University School of Theater and Mason Players. A student p…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:40PMSaturday, September 22, 2018
Melissa Firlit is a 2018 Alan Schneider Director Award and a Zelda Finchlander Award Nominee. She recently directed the Ireland National Tour of Misterman by Enda Walsh. Regional Credits: Se…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:48AMTuesday, August 14, 2018
Off-Broadway's Public Theater has announced complete casting for the New York premiere play Mother of the Maid written by Jane Anderson and directed by Matthew Penn. Previews are schedul…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PMMonday, July 16, 2018
Having found his role in The Stage, technical manager Jason Wescombe has overseen 100 Almeida productions and is now working on Machinal.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMThursday, June 28, 2018
Three weeks remain to catch BAFTA Award winner and Academy amp Tony Award nominee Carey Mulligan Skylight, An Education on stage in Girls amp Boys, the shattering new play by Tony Award winn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54PMSophie Treadwell’s 1928 play Machinal may be the story of one woman battling societal pressure but Natalie Abrahami’s production for the Almeida Theatre teases out a more elemental strug…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, June 22, 2018
So, do I like Machinal? Yes, I do. I think it’s extraordinary (and depressing as hell) that such contemporary relevance can be found in a ninety-year-old text.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTuesday, June 19, 2018
Machinal is the type of production that only the Almeida seems able to produce, with an inventive vision that simultaneously draws you into the story while still keeping you at arm’s lengt…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMMonday, June 18, 2018
Directed by Natalie Abrahami, Machinal is one of those rediscoveries that reflects the zeitgeist. Written in 1928 by Sophie Treadwell – eight years after all women in the US were allowed t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, June 16, 2018
Donmar; Lyttelton; Almeida; all LondonLia Williams makes the role of Miss Jean Brodie her own, while Vanessa Kirby’s Julie is a wild party girl in Polly Stenham’s vicious, witty update o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMNatalie Abrahami has done Sophie Treadwell proud. A great, absorbing revival. Wouldn’t it be nice to see other Treadwell plays given a run?!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFriday, June 15, 2018
Following the occurrence of a minor injury during a performance, a new schedule has been announced for Girls & Boys, the new play starring Oscar and Tony nominee Carey Mulligan (Skylight…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:04PMFollowing the occurrence of a minor injury during a performance of the show, a new playing schedule has been announced for Girls amp Boys, the new play starring BAFTA Award winner and Academ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMSophie Treadwell’s Machinal, written in 1928, explores the entrapment of women in the societal systems they have (short of killing)
The post Review: Machinal, Almeida Theatre appeared firs…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:48AMThursday, June 14, 2018
An entirely contemporary play, Machinal presents themes that are as current on the stage now as they were in Treadwell’s time. The Almeida’s excellent production should do a great deal t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, June 13, 2018
By Julian Eaves
Julian Eaves reviews Sophie Treadwell’s play Machinal now playing at the Almeida Theatre.
This post REVIEW: Machinal, Almeida Theatre ✭✭✭ first appeared on Britis…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:13AMTuesday, June 12, 2018
Almeida, LondonNatalie Abrahami directs Sophie Treadwell’s unforgettable portrait of a young woman suffocating at home and workNow is obviously a good time to revive Sophie Treadwell’s 1…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMMICHAEL ADAIR SHUDDERS AT THE HARD OLD PATRIARCHY… ‘These modern neurotic women, doctor. What are we going to do with them?’ says one exasperated male character to another.…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:02AMThe restlessness and desperation of a young woman forced into an unhappy marriage are superbly caught by Emily Berrington in this revival of Sophie Treadwell's Expressionist classic
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:48AM 
