The Cat’s Meow (for Parterre Box)
David and Cameron continue their exploration of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with a 1984 television adaptation starring Jessica Lange and Rip Torn.
REVIEW: When Fringe Meets the American Canon (Part II: And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens)
EgoPo Theatre makes a welcome return to Tennessee Williams’ with this fascinating dramaticule.
REVIEW: A Lovely Sunday at Creve Coeur is an Unexpected Key to the Tennessee Williams Door
But director Austin Pendleton’s production too often makes this world grotesque.
REVIEW: The Epic Fail of Benedict Andrews’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Tennessee Williams’ wrote his female characters with compassion—why can’t the director see it?
THEATER REVIEW: In The Glass Menagerie, The Bare Essentials, but a World Lit by Lightening
I disagree with many of Sam Gold’s directorial ideas—yet I’ve never seen a production that feels so devastatingly right.
More on Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh — and the Quagmire of Literary Estates
When I wrote recently about John Lahr’s marvelous Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, I didn’t mention one of its odder […]
DF Book Review — John Lahr’s Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
What a daunting biographical subject Tennessee Williams must be! For starters, his oeuvre – surely one of the greatest in American theatre – is also […]
Theatre in Los Angeles — An Ode to Oddball Casting
“It’s not a theatre town.” As a kid in Los Angeles, I routinely heard this from pundits and friends. Like so many […]
Stairs to the Roof (EgoPo Classic Theatre) — and the Unpredictable Magic of Tennessee Williams
Among my favorite writers (in any language, in any genre), there’s a special place for Tennessee Williams. Of course, like theater goers […]
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