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Theater Review (Westport, CT): Austin Pendleton Directs ‘Thousand Pines’ at Westport Country Playhouse
'Thousand Pines' is about three families in the aftermath of a school shooting, trying to recover from the unthinkable. This all-too-timely story, directed by Austin Pendleton, is ultimately about grief, recovery, and healing.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur,’ by Tennessee Williams, Starring Kristine Nielsen, Annette O’Toole, Jean Lichty
Tennessee Williams' ironies and humor seek a fine level in this satisfying and heartfelt production.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Traveling Lady’ directed by Austin Pendleton
How far must you travel until you reach a place that is home?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘King Lear’ at the Secret Theatre
This Lear is an old man in a care facility, wearing hospital pajamas and being sung to by the staff on his birthday. Yet, neither radical nor half-hearted, this re-conception of Shakespeare's grandest tragedy results in a respectful and forceful staging.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘A Day by the Sea’ by N.C. Hunter, Directed by Austin Pendleton
Directed with precision and grace by Austin Pendleton on Charles Morgan's lovely sets, the superb cast brings to warm life this world of dimmed elegance with its lingering divide between the privileged and servant classes.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘A Day by the Sea’ Directed by Austin Pendleton
Pendleton and his cast tease out what is most salient and profound in this nearly-forgotten work, and through their efforts, Hunter's themes retain currency and timelessness.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘City Girls & Desperadoes’ with Austin Pendleton at The Secret Theatre
Imagine one of Tennessee Williams's larger-than-life mother figures dropped into a Lanford Wilson play, and you'll have a hint at what to expect.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC-Off Broadway): Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Nora,’ Directed by Austin Pendleton
Of what worth is a marriage, if its foundation is based on social pretensions and it is kept "alive" with hypocrisy and lies?
Read More »Theater Review: ‘Hamlet’ Starring Peter Sarsgaard at Classic Stage Company, Directed by Austin Pendleton
CSC's new production emphasizes the psychological depths in Shakespeare’s classic story of murder, indecision and revenge.
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