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Cynthia Nixon

Film Review: “A Quiet Passion” — A Personal View of Emily Dickinson

Cynthia Nixon is a great Emily Dickinson, so deeply angry, so heartbreaking in her fool’s life of stoic suffering.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: A Quiet Passion, Cynthia Nixon, Emily Dickinson, Terence Davies

Film Interview: “A Quiet Passion” — Terence Davies Pays Homage to Emily Dickinson

Director Terence Davies read four biographies of Emily Dickinson; the details of her life he remembered became the basis for his screenplay.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Interview Tagged: A Quiet Passion, Cynthia Nixon, Terence Davies

Theater Review: “Kinship” at Williamstown Theatre Festival– No Sex in the City

In Kinship, dramatist Carey Perloff hasn’t found a language that conveys irrational longing.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Carey Perloff, Cynthia Nixon, Jo Bonney, Kinship, Penny Fuller, Phèdre, Racine, Williamstown-Theatre-Festival

Theater Review: An Underwhelming Staging of “Wit”

Although I was disappointed in this Manhattan Theatre Club production, I am, however, very glad to have seen “Wit” — it is a contemporary classic.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Broadway, cancer, Culture Vulture, Cynthia Nixon, Lynne Meadow, Manhattan Theatre Club, Margaret Edson, MTC, Wit

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