David Mamet

Theater Reviews: “Hangmen” and “American Buffalo” on Broadway — From the Gallows to the Gutter

May 23, 2022
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Two dark comedies explore American and British subcultures far below the line of decency.

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Judicial Review # 9: Pushing Hot Buttons — David Mamet’s “Race” @ New Rep

October 19, 2012
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What is a Judicial Review? It is a fresh approach to creating a conversational, critical space about the arts and culture. This is our ninth session, a discussion about the New Repertory Theatre’s production of David Mamet’s play “Race”, which revolves around the frenzy and fury generated by three attorneys who are asked to defend a wealthy man accused of raping an African-American woman.

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Book Review: The Fascinating Dribs and Drabs of Tennessee Williams’ Genius

April 16, 2011
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This volume of one-act plays may gather up the whiffs and dregs of Tennessee Williams’ achievement, but their flashes of brilliance are valuable reminders of an artist who kept at his craft, come hell and high water, critical as well as popular.

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Coming Attractions in Theater: September 2010

August 28, 2010
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A whole lot of deconstruction of the classics going on this month, along with productions of scripts by familiar homegrown names, from William Inge and David Mamet to Sarah Ruhl. A visit from a master puppeteer and a show about race that’s “recommended for mature audiences” look intriguing. By Bill Marx The Real Inspector Hound…

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Book Review: Mamet’s Minimal-Minded ‘Theatre’

May 13, 2010
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Theatre by David Mamet. Faber and Faber, 157 pages, $22 Reviewed By Joann Green Breuer David Mamet’s concise and consistently frustrating book, Theatre, informs even while it infuriates, arguing for throwing out babes with the bath water as if theatre could, or should, make a splash without them. Get your towels out. But as you…

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Theater Review: Of Sex, Death, and Ducks

June 16, 2009
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Let us hob-and-nob with Death — Alfred, Lord Tennyson The Duck Variations by David Mamet. Directed by Marcus Stern. Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet. Directed by Paul Stacey. Presented by the American Repertory Theatre at Zero Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA, through June 28. Reviewed by Bill Marx Death be not mentioned in David…

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