BWW Reviews: World Premiere Comedy AGAINST THE WALL Looks Inside the Lives of Stand-Up Comics
by Shari Barrett
- May 25, 2014
AGAINST THE WALL was started as a workshop back in 1986, based on playwright Charlie Mount's experiences performing in the basements and on the stages of New York's comedy clubs as a stand-up and magician, working alongside other newcomers like Jon Stewart, Chris Rock, and Ray Romano. Presented as part of a series called Writers In Rep, in which playwrights from Theatre West's Writers' Unit have developed plays for full production, the current engagement marks its World Premiere as a completed, fully-produced work at Theatre West.. It's both romantic and very funny.
BWW Reviews: Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-Winning A DELICATE BALANCE Is Filled With Existential Angst
by Shari Barrett
- May 16, 2014
Beneath the genteel suburban surface in A DELICATE BALANCE, the real questions raised are existential, abstract, and dangerous - from the unknown fear that taunts their neighbors to the response they receive from Agnes and Tobias, a couple who has been living in separate bedrooms for years in their own home. 'The play is concerned with the isolation of people who have turned their backs on participating fully in their own lives and therefore cannot participate fully in anyone else's life,' explained Albee to biographer Mel Gussow.
ABC Unveils 2014-15 Primetime Schedule!
by Caryn Robbins
- May 13, 2014
ABC continues its commitment to world-class storytelling and new creative voices with the announcement of its 2014-15 slate of programming, including the addition of 12 new series.