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National-Theatre

Theater Review: Carlo Goldoni’s Classic Comedy Goes Mod

The Broadway run of The National Theatre’s production of One Man, Two Guvnors, based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, has been nominated for 7 Tony Awards. Here is Fuse Critic Ian Thal’s review of the National Theatre Live broadcast of the British production, first posted in September, 2011.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Books, Featured, Theater Tagged: farce, Italian, London, National-Theatre, One Man, Richard Bean, The Servant of Two Masters, Two Guvnors

Fuse Theater Review/Commentary: NT Live Presents a Cynical “Collaborators”

Playwright John Hodge chooses to ignore the complexity of the dissident writer’s experience — expedience for the sake of protecting something of value from destruction, an author fighting his inner demons to live long enough to finish what he believes to be a work of art that is also an act of political defiance.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Collaborators, Coolidge Corner Theatre, John Hodge, Joseph Stalin, Mikhail Bulgakov, National-Theatre, NT Live

Theater Review: An Epic Tale of Pursuer and Pursued — NT Live’s “Frankenstein”

In this compelling stage version of “Frankenstein,” urgency of revenge pushes forward, murder upon murder. Creature and Doctor merge in immorality. Both are playing God in their command of life and death. Sharing roles is the meaning of this theatrical experience. This is their message and their show.

By: Joann Green Breuer Filed Under: Theater Tagged: Danny Boyle, Frankenstein, horror, Mary Shelley, National-Theatre, NT Live

Theater Review Roundup: Taking in London Stages

Reviews of eight stage productions in London, with two terrific shows noted: American dramatist Bruce Norris’s powerful study of racial relations, Clybourne Park, and Alan Ayckbourn’s 1980 farce Season’s Greetings. Another winner on the West End, the critically acclaimed War Horse, comes to New York next week. By Joann Green Breuer Penelope by Enda Walsh […]

By: Joann Green Breuer Filed Under: Theater Tagged: Alan Ayckbourn, An Evening with Demensia, Becky Shaw, Bruce Norris, Clybourne Park, Druid Theatre, Gina Gionfriddo, Greenland, Huntington-Theatre-Company, Juliet Stevenson, London Stage, National-Theatre, Penelope, Peter Hall, Peter-DuBois, Rebecca Hall, Richard Bean, Royal Court Theatre, Season's Greetings, The Heretic, Twelfth Night, War Horse, West End, William-Shakespeare

Theater Review: An Antic ‘London Assurance’ from NT Live

London Assurance by Dion Boucicault. Directed by Nicholas Hytner. The National Theatre production presented by NTLive at the Coolidge Corner Cinema, Boston, MA, July 14. A bonus simulcast has been added to the NTLive lineup; on July 14th Coolidge Corner Cinema will, once again, simulcast Dion Boucicault’s comedy London Assurance starring Simon Russell Beale and […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Coolidge Corner Theater, London Assurance, National-Theatre, NTLive

Theater Review: Televising The Habit of Art

But in my arms until the break of day/ Let the living creature lie,/ Mortal, guilty, but to me/ The entirely beautiful. – W. H. Auden, Lullaby The Habit of Art by Alan Bennett. Directed by Nicholas Hytner. The National Theatre production presented by NTLive at the Coolidge Corner Cinema, Boston, MA, on April 22 […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Alan Bennett, Coolidge Corner Cinema, National-Theatre, NTLive, The Habit of Art, Theater, W. H. Auden

Theater Review Round-up: Our Man in London

It should be pointed out that in London it is possible to see more shows in a limited time than one can do in the United States. Why? Because it has long been the sensible practice to stagger weekday matinees. By Caldwell Titcomb Shakespeare first, of course. The British quite rightly never tire of “Hamlet.” […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Books, Featured, Theater Tagged: “The Black Album, All's Well That Ends Well, Anton Chekhov, Arcadia, Bridge Project, Caldwell-Titcomb, Carrie's War, Caryl Churchill, Collaboration, Cottesloe, Dreams of Violence, Duet for One, Dysfunctional Family, England People Very Nice, Ethan Hawke, Francesca Annis, Hamlet, Hanif Kureishi, Helen Mirren, Henry Goodman, J. B. Priestley, Jerusalem, Jez Butterworth, Jude Law, Juliet Stevenson, Katori Hall, Lyttleton, Mark Rylance, Matt Charman, Max Stafford-Clark, Michael Grandage, Michael Morporgo, National-Theatre, Nazis, Nicholas Hytner, Olivier, Phèdre, Racine, Rebecca Hall, Richard Bean, Richard Strauss, Richard Wilbur, Ronald Harwood, Sam Mendes, Simon Russell Beale, Sinéad Cusack, Sir Richard Eyre, Stefan-Zweig, Stella Feehily, Ted Hughes, The Cherry Orchard, The Mountaintop, The Observer, The Silent Woman, The-Winters-Tale, Three More Sleepless Nights, tom-stoppard, War Horse, William Shakeseare, Wyndham Theatre

Book Review: Kenneth Tynan — A Critic’s Decline

“The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan” provides literate entertainment and cautionary tales about what happens to a critic when the will-to-celebrity triumphs over the urge-to-critique. The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan Edited by John Lahr. Bloomsbury, 439 pages. By Bill Marx Kenneth Tynan’s descent from brilliance to muddle is a fable for theater critics, a cautionary tale […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Review, Theater Tagged: Kenneth-Tynan, National-Theatre, Theater

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