Leo Tolstoy News

In his lengthy notes discussing the thought process behind his LAByrinth Theater Company/Public Theater mounting of Othello, director Peter Sellars explains how our view of Shakespeare's drama of an outsider Moor put into a position of power in an otherwise white society, must change in an era where Barack Obama can become President of the United States. His is an interracial Othello, with Latino John Ortiz (LAByrinth Theater co-founder) as the Moor, white actor (and longtime LAByrinth associate) Philip Seymour Hoffman as the underling Iago who tries to bring him down and an assortment of white, black and Latinos rounding out the company.

While The Mint Theater Company built its well-earned reputation as New York's leading archivists of plays they proudly proclaim as 'worthy but neglected,' their latest ventures suggest they may want to consider adopting the new slogan, 'I betcha didn't know (insert name of literary giant here) wrote a play.'

When last we left The Mint Theater, that extraordinary collective of theatre archivists that specialize in mounting first-class Off-Broadway productions of time-obscured plays by still-famous names, they were teaching many New Yorkers that Leo Tolstoy took a crack at playwrighting once with his grim drama, The Power of Darkness.  Now they're surprising those who didn't know that even Ernest Hemingway was represented on Broadway once with The Fifth Column, which premiered at the Alvin in March of 1940 and logged in 87 performances.

Westport Country Playhouse: Sunday Symposium October 4, 2009 - 3p.m.

Westport Country Playhouse: Sunday Symposium October 4, 2009 - 3p.m.

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Monday, September 28, 2009.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Sunday Symposium titled, 'The Personal Is Political: The Work of David Hare,' following the Sunday, October 4, 3 p.m. matinee performance of 'The Breath of Life,' written by Hare and directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director. Guest speaker will be Susan Balée, who teaches at Temple University.

Classic Stage Company (CSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, has announced details for their upcoming 2009-10 season.

The Andak Stage Company announces the sixth world premiere of their first three seasons.

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Friday, March 6, 2009.

The Andak Stage Company announces the sixth world premiere of their first three seasons.

The 2008 Tony Randall Grant, presented annually by the Tony Randall Theatrical Fund, will go to the Red Bull Theatre for their upcoming production of Thomas Middleton's' Women Beware Women opening late 2008.

Due to unprecedented demand, the Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company Premiere of The Fifth Column by Ernest Hemingway-not the dramatization of a novel or story-but a drama written for the stage by one of America's most celebrated authors, will be extending for two additional weeks, now through May 18th.

Mint Theater Company today announced that Leo Tolstoy's dramatic landmark, The Power Of Darkness, has been extended through November 4.

The Mint provides a rare opportunity to see Leo Tolstoy's drama in an impressive and gracefully staged production

Mint Theater Company presents Leo Tolstoy's dramatic landmark, The Power Of Darkness, opening September 24 in a limited engagement run through October 28.

A studio recording of the Broadway musical Anna Karenina, featuring some of Broadway's brightest, is now available.

Mint Theater Company will present Leo Tolstoy's dramatic landmark, The Power Of Darkness beginning September 6th

Heather Randall and The Board Of The Tony Randall Theatrical Fund honored this year's recipient of The Tony Randall Theatrical Fund, the Mint Theater for their production of Leo Tolstoy's The Power Of Darkness, directed by Martin Platt.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-wining Mint Theater Company will extend its production of Harley Granville-Barker's 1909 The Madras House through March 25th in order to accommodate overwhelming demand.