Even minor Albee is still Albee — a voice, now silenced, that will be much missed in American theater.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Hedda Gabler’ by Henrik Ibsen
The sharp poignancy of Ibsen's classic comes through strongly in a flawed but sincere new production by the young company The Instigators. The tragic story of an unhappy young wife whose hopes of a glorious future of social ascendancy are being dashed before her eyes rings as true today as it did when Ibsen wrote it 125 years ago.
Read More »Interview: Gil Marsalla on His Production ‘Piaf! The Show’ in Paris, France – Part II
"We are at the stage that we are ready for Broadway. We have promotional videos and I am thinking that we might be on stage on Broadway for five or six months."
Read More »Interview: Tim Hedgepeth, Director of Edward Albee’s ‘Marriage Play’ at San Antonio’s Classic Theatre
The director talks about Albee's enduring legacy as well as the rewards of staging one of the playwright's less frequently seen works.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Tulis McCall on Her One-Person Show ‘Are You Serious? A Woman of a Certain Age Inquires’
'Age is something that we avoid talking about in our Western society. We either ridicule it or try to ignore it, or we box people in by calling them senior citizens. So I say let's bring it out into the open and shine a light on this aging process.'
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Director Courtney Laine Self on Presenting Mae West’s 1927 Broadway Hit ‘SEX’
Mae West wrote 'SEX' in the mid-1920s, just after the peak of first-wave feminism hit with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920. First-wave feminism was about suffrage and other basic political inequalities. 'SEX' more directly challenges gender roles and expectations and illustrates the hypocrisy and tragic consequences of societal gender inequities. So, West was more in line with second-wave feminism – which didn’t happen until the 1960s!
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Gypsy’ at The Gallery Players
The production boasts a highly talented cast and creative team and, equally important, a big collective heart that gives this smart, reverential take on the iconic show-business musical just the right tone.
Read More »Interview With Producer Gil Marsalla About ‘Piaf! The Show,’ in Paris, France – Part I
There is only one Edith Piaf.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘Evil Dead The Musical’ Sings Like a Chainsaw
The 1980s are cool again, as evidenced by the popularity of 'Stranger Things.' Something from the 1980s even stranger than 'Stranger Things' was the 'Evil Dead' trilogy. The films starring Bruce Campbell as Ash set the bar for campy horror. Can something be stranger yet? Yes: 'Evil Dead The Musical.'
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Isabelle Huppert in ‘Phaedra(s)’ at BAM
In this composite interpretation of the Greek myth of the incestuous queen, Isabelle Huppert's marvelous performance is really three marvelous performances in one.
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