Books Theater Reviews

Book Review: HERE IN THE DARK by Alexis Soloski
by Cindy Marcolina - March 05, 2024

A highly intelligent and slightly arrogant cynic as a main character helms the investigative noir set against a bleak view of the business. ...

Book Review: RUNNING THE ROOM: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN THEATRE DIRECTORS
by Cindy Marcolina - December 27, 2023

Running the Room isn’t a bible nor a manifesto. It doesn’t want to write a set of rules for directing plays, nor it wants to impart a Weltanschauung on how to become a director. It’s a source of inspiration and, more practically, a generous look into the practice of a selected group of people, who j...

Book Review: SHAKESPEARE – THE MAN WHO PAYS THE RENT, Judi Dench
by Debbie Gilpin - November 08, 2023

There are plenty of Shakespeare books on the market already, it’s true – but there aren’t many out there quite like this one. Originally intended to be a series of conversations between Judi Dench and her friend & colleague Brendan O’Hea for the Globe’s archives, it became apparent that there was mo...

Book Review: BREAKING DOWN YOUR SCRIPT by Laura Wayth
by Laura Lott - September 14, 2023

The moment when you're presented with a whole new script can feel a little overwhelming for an actor, but Breaking Down Your Script: A Step-by-Step Guide for the Actor is here to help. It's written by Laura Wayth, who has worked as an acting teacher in Italy, Morocco, China and the UK....

Book Review: DIVA, V&A Exhibition
by Cindy Marcolina - August 04, 2023

The term “diva” rose to prominence with its relation to an operatic background and popularly revolves around the traits of someone’s character. Typically (and misogynistically) attributed to women, it’s used to describe a person whose temperament and self-importance are quite difficult to handle. Tr...

Book Review: MY SHAKESPEARE - A DIRECTOR'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE FIRST FOLIO by Greg Doran
by Cindy Marcolina - April 04, 2023

Doran’s latest book gives a revelatory and revolutionary breakdown of the canon in a way that works for both the professional and uninitiated....

Book Review: IDENTITY, CULTURE, AND THE SCIENCE PERFORMANCE VOLUME 1, FROM THE LAB TO THE STREETS
by Alexander Cohen - January 24, 2023

Identity, Culture, and the Science performance Volume 1, From the Lab to the Streets is an intelligently curated series of interviews, essays, and meditations on theatre and its relationship to science....

Review: GEORGE MICHAEL A LIFE by James Gavin
by Gary Naylor - September 06, 2022

James Gavin finds the man, but doesn't quite find his place in this detailed biography...

BWW Review: WAVES ACROSS TIME: TRADITIONAL DANCE AND MUSIC OF OKINAWA at Kennedy Center
by Olivia Murray - March 25, 2022

The combination of the music, dancing, acting, and exquisite colors displayed by attire of the company brought the show to life, telling the many different stories of Okinawa....

BWW Review: A THEATRE GEEK'S GUIDE TO DISNEY, GOOGLE & THE NFL at Book Review
by Tracey Paleo - July 14, 2021

“So many of our #dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” 27-year-old author and Google project manager Brett N. Axler has a real way forward for theater geeks trying to make it in the real world....

BWW Review: Quentin Tarantino's Novelization of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Is a Dream Book That Deepens the Original Film
by Peter Nason - July 06, 2021

It's like taking a roller coaster ride through QT's mind!...