Bill Marx
The Library of America has done its part to applaud Arthur Miller’s 100th birthday with a handsome 3-volume set of his plays.
Bridge Rep Theater director Olivia D’Ambrosio has not taken message-mongering to heart in this lively production of a rarely produced play.
It is no longer enough for a playwright to go into the belly of the ‘beast’ and pray for help.
“When we turn so crass and commercial that we have lost our way, Samuel Beckett will be rediscovered as the way back.”
“For artists involved in doing ensemble devising, there is tremendous value in the creative challenge on every level.”
For all of its sound and fury and smoke, the CSC’s version of King Lear is solid rather than surprising or exciting.
In Kinship, dramatist Carey Perloff hasn’t found a language that conveys irrational longing.
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