REVIEW: This Was Sebastian’s Garden: Suddenly Last Summer via BBC (for Parterre Box)
Cameron and David’s latest plays on film post for Parterre considers this Tennessee Williams’ potboiler.
Sexy and sinewy: Dame Judi Dench in The Cherry Orchard (for Parterre Box)
Having just watched and written about the famous Actors Studio Three Sisters, it also feels right to turn now to The Cherry Orchard—Chekhov’s final play—in a production from the BBC.
Sisters were doing it for themselves (for Parterre Box)
What a filmed Three Sisters from 1966 can tell us about Method acting, Chekhov and more.
(Not) Getting Reviewed Today: Company on Record (for Parterre Box)
Today is Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday, and it’s not going as planned.
REVIEW: Ghost “Story”: West Side Story on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
Thrilling reinvention, or calcified shtick? Our critics disagree…
REVIEW: Photographic Memory: Girl From the North Country (for Parterre Box)
For a show set during the hardscrabble 1930s, few performances suggest downtroddedness.
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REVIEW: Unfinished Sympathy: Unknown Soldier at Playwrights Horizons (for Parterre Box)
It’s difficult to discuss Unknown Soldier without considering the impact of legacy.
REVIEW: In Theatre Horizon’s The Agitators, Two 19th Century Superheroes Join Forces
Opening night had an extraordinary feeling of community. Isn’t that what theater should be about?
REVIEW: Azuka’s Ship Is Funny, Poignant, and Altogether Engrossing
Playwright Douglas Williams’ ear for Millennial patois is superb… and his eye for character even better.
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