politics
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“Birthright” and “The Saviors”
Birthright by Jonathan Spector and Balusters by David Lindsay-Abaire feature almost identical sets. Scott Pask (Birthright) and Derek McLane (Balusters) both give us living rooms in which, as we view the stage left to right, there’s a door to the exterior, a foyer, a stairway leading from the foyer up to a second floor, a… Continue reading
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Notes on VLADIMIR
Not so long ago, Peter Morgan’s play, Patriots, featured an account of how a Russian oligarch named Boris Berezovsky helped raise Vladimir Putin to power and lived to regret it. Putin, played by Will Keen, was a formidable presence. In Erika Sheffer’s Vladimir (now playing at Manhattan Theater Club’s off-Broadway space at City Center), Putin… Continue reading
Jeffrey Sweet--Making the Scene 