I think perhaps only a Shakespeare could make sense of Michael Jackson. Even if Lynn Nottage were up to the task of getting to the layers of tragedy and exploitation in MJ's life, I doubt if the Jackson estate would let her go there. If I were her I'd run from this project if she still can.
mamaleh said: "Trump may have a lot of negative qualities but I don't believe he is truly antisemitic. Being pro-Israel IS by definition being philosemitic, as Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people, no matter what one thinks of its current leaders."
You're right that Israel is a nation-state of Jewish people which is why Trump and many other leaders who prey and profit on ethnic nationalism support Israel. That's where they&nb
Top Girls is a good suggestion. Churchill's plays are written as theater texts and less as literature. I find them hard to grasp if they're not performed. She's one of the few playwrights I'd actually recommend reading a book about rather than reading her texts. Her wikipedia entry sucks.
BenElliott said: "Just imagine that Martin McDonagh and Edward Albee wrote a play together."
SPOILER ALERT: And don't forget John Steinbeck and Lennie and his rabbits. And Sean O'Casey and J.M. Synge and probably a bunch of others I missed. The play is pastiche but it's wittily conscious of itself. That's only a problem when all the parts are added up at the end and you begin to wonder what it's really about.
A big banquet of a play and a grand production with a wonderful cast. The story is pieced together bit by bit and as the pieces fit together the suspense builds. What begins as a sunny family comedy with dark shadings ends up careening into full throttle melodrama. Yes, melodrama I'm afraid and not tragedy. The play has literary, folkloric and historical references aplenty and it wears them a bit too heavily. The pace never slackens under Sam Mendes shrewd and entertaining
Appropriate in that he was British to begin with before the musical Americanized him.
I highly recommend reading the other "Berlin Story" that Christopher Isherwood wrote that's often published with GOODBYE TO BERLIN (the one that I AM A CAMERA is inspired by, which was the source of the musical adaptation).
It's called MR. NORRIS CHANGES TRAINS and it's a masterpiece.
Blavatnik also bought the naming rights for the first circle boxes at Carnegie Hall.
Pecunia non olet... on either side of the pond.
Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf in DEATH OF A SALESMAN? Mar 7
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I've seen Lane in two of his roles that could be called non-comic, Butley and Hickey. Both roles have aspects of the comedian about them. But something wasn't right about either of those performances. Perhaps the Miller will surprise me.
THREE TALL WOMEN (2018) Previews Mar 7
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Harry Potter's stage design is very good. It's restrained, fluid and gets out of the way of the actors. And it has one climactic moment that is brilliantly effective and makes the themes of the plays resonate in an unsuspected and chilling way.
Tremendous beauty. A great performance by Glenda Jackson. I appreciated Albee's language being spoken by an actor with full command of classical vocal technique. Another wonderful performance by Metcalf, though I missed the vocal range and depth Jackson brought to her character. Alison Pill, strong in her direct address scenes but weak in interaction with the other characters. The play, as beautiful as much of it is, is static existentialism and is frustrating to sit through. It's ess
Charlotte St. Martin: "I must admit, I would dim for everyone but at the end of the day, a dimming a week would take away from the specialness of the dimming would be gone."
"Specialness"... is adorable!
The Broadway League is about money, is anyone surprised? I like the idea of individual theaters making their own choice in the matter but wouldn't it be special if it worked the opposite way? The next time the Broadway Le
Kad said: I agree that MCC has not had a good history of representation in its programming history, but I give them credit for course correction in the last season- which is seeing work by or focused on women, people of color, and trans people. Cutting ties with LaBute- whatever the reason may be-is another step in the right direction for them.
Here's where "representation" becomes the problem it's trying to correct. Using the artistic work of women,
LaBute is an artist whose subject is the sexual sadism of white men and the three white men who are still the only three artistic directors of MCC thought he was a great playwright until yesterday. MCC needs to either make room for a female identified artistic director or to find a more serious sense of artistic purpose.
The sexual harassment call-out explosion isn't McCarthyism but it is politicized. So far, it's largely effecting liberals in the media. It is possible for the accusations to be real, deserved, long overdue and at the same time being made use of by forces with great control over digital information. Our own need for justice can be weaponized against us by the powerful. There's nothing new in that but the way justice is being played out via a social media we think we have control ov
"Theatre of Cruelty" definitely had its moment in the 1960's but I think your drama teacher might be a bit mad. That said, I would adore seeing a production of ANNIE directed like Peter Brooks' MARAT/SADE.
"You Can't Take it With You" is most definitely a farce. And Kaufman and his collaborators masterfully adapted European stage farce for the American audience. I don't think there's a specific rule for what constitutes a farce. All the word means is "stuffed" as in a simple plot stuffed with incidents. But Kaufman and his collaborators use what I think is a necessity in a great stage farce and that is to build to a point of what seems like "no ret
Play Esq. said: "Mike Costa said: "This opera and this production arepart of our culture even if the castingis not what others desire.The others you mentioned are not even in the ballpark. Youmade the right decision for a first opera.Be sure to wander the house during intermissions."
Just curious what you mean by "part of ourculture." It is a rep staple, but is often derided for being an incomplete work (not surprising as Puccini did not comple
