Call me naive, my taste insipid. I loved the new Broadway musical 'King Kong.'
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Sir Ian McKellen Announces 80th-Birthday UK Tour
The beloved actor will bring his show 'Ian McKellen On Stage' to 80 UK cities to celebrate his 80th birthday. And he might invite you onstage.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’ Starring Raúl Esparza at CSC
Esparza's weak-minded, Trumpian, whining criminal with mannerisms like Hitler's brings humor and reality to a role often played as a caricature. His Ui is inimically real and dimensional.
Read More »Interview: Gregory Maheu, Yesenia Iglesias from ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Ford’s Theatre
'A Christmas Carol' will run at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., from November 15 through December 30.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’ by Bertolt Brecht at Classic Stage
Rarely does a Bertolt Brecht revival have the integrity and fevered energy of 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui' at Classic Stage, starring 'SVU''s Raúl Esparza.
Read More »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): ‘Swansong’ at the United Solo Festival
Fever-pitched and fully rounded, Andre de Vanny's performance in Conor McDermottroe's one-man play takes us on a dark ride of the heart and lands a punch right in the gut.
Read More »FringeNYC Review: ‘The Resistible Rise of JR Brinkley,’ Written/Directed by Edward Einhorn
The FringeNYC Festival shuttered with its last production performances on 28 October: 'The Resistible Rise of JR Brinkley,' Edward Einhorn's take-off on a Bertol Brecht classic served as the festivals' apt exclamation point.
Read More »Interview: Actress Lois Smith with Linda Winer, LPTW Oral History Series
'I was getting lots of scripts in which there was dementia or death. And I thought with some of them, I don’t want to settle into this and really didn’t. I’ve been fortunate. The last two characters I’ve played, one died, the other was terminal. There’s bound to be some of that.'
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Sycorax, Cyber Queen of Qamara’ by Fengar Gael
The tempestuous story of Shakespeare's Sycorax, the witch present only in name in 'The Tempest'
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