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Bad Behavior
Richard in Richard III is intended to be a villain. Shakespeare paints him as evil on legs. And yet, we get impatient when he’s off the stage. Clarence has a long speech filled with poetry. Yes, yes, beautiful, but could … Continue reading
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Tagged A Streetcar Named Desire, Aaron Sorkin, Abby Rosebrock, Alan Cumming, Atticus Finch, Blue Ridge, Carnal Knowledge, Christopher Walker, Daddy, Downstairs, Halley Feiffer, Hamish Linklater, Happy Birthday Wana June, Harper Lee, Heidi Schreck, Hillary and Clinton, Iago, Ink, Jack Nicholson, Jenny Allen, Jeremy O. Harris, Jessica Tandy, Jez Butterworth, John Osborne, Jules Feiffer, Kurt Vonnegut, Look Back in Anger, Marin Ireland, Marlon Brando, Mike Nichols, Network, Othello, Paddy Chayefsky, Restoration, Richard III, Rita Moreno, Rupert Murdoch, Shakespeare, Socratese, The Double-Dealer, The New Yorker, The Pain of My Own Belligerence, Theresa Rebeck, Tim Blake Nelson, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tyne Daly, What the Constitution Means to Me, Wheelhouse Theater
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Thoughts on Rosie’s Theater Kids
I accepted an invitation to attend a performance on Sunday of Rosie’s Theater Kids. Rosie is Rosie O’Donnell, who started the organization to introduce theater to kids in the New York area who might otherwise not be exposed to it … Continue reading
Posted in Broadway, drama, New York, theater
Tagged Evanston Township High School, high school, Rosie O'Donnell, Rosie's Theater Kids, theater program
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After by Michael McKeever
At first, After, a play by Michael McKeever, is reminiscent of God of Carnage, the Yasmina Reza play about two sets of parents meeting to sort out a conflict involving their sons. Carnage, however, plays out in one act in … Continue reading
Posted in drama, New York, off-Broadway, playwriting, theater
Tagged 59e59th Street Theater, God of Carnage, Joe Brancato, Michael McKeever, Yasmine Reza
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“Mockingbird” — Stage and Screen
Kristine and I just watched the film version of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird a few days after seeing the play. The differences between the film and the stage play are instructive. In the film, the Finches’ housekeeper, Calpurnia, has maybe … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Aaoron Sorkin, Alabama, Betty Smith, Calpurnia, Elia Kazan, Gavin Stevens, Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee, Intruder in the Dust, Lucas Beauchamp, Oxford Mississippi, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson, William Faulkner
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Rejected by the O’Neill
I have heard from a number of friends that that have received word that they will not advance to the next level of consideration at the O’Neill. It may surprise some that, even though I wrote the book about the … Continue reading
In Dialogue
One of the differences between a blog post and an essay is that an essay is expected to be shapely and to move to some resonant conclusion. Occasionally a blog post will end resonantly, but mostly I find blogging is … Continue reading
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Tagged A Streetcar Named Desire, American Buffalo, Angels in America, David Hare, David Mamet, David Storey, Heidi Schreck, John Osborne, Joyce Maynard, Look Back in Anger, Royal Court, Shelagh Delaney, The New Yorker, Tony Kushner, Trevor Griffiths, What the Constitution Means to Me
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“The Trial of the Catonsville Nine”
If you check ibdb.com for the listing of the cast of The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, which opened on Broadway in 1971, you’ll find it numbered sixteen (including such notables as Mason Adams, Michael Moriarty, Josef Sommer, Helen Stenborg, … Continue reading
