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Why Bill Irwin Is Obsessed with Samuel Beckett

By NED MOORE

Thursday, October 04, 2018 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

Thu Oct 4, 2018 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

The Tony winner mounts a singular tribute to the legendary writer at Irish Rep --- Bill Irwin is not a scholar. He is not a biographer. He is a clown. Whether you know him as Mr. Noodle on Sesame Street, or for playing fools in Shakespeare, or from his neo-vaudeville romps Fool Moon and Old Hats, his Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown...

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Why This Tony Nominee Is Doing Shakespeare Badly on Purpose

By RAVEN SNOOK

Wednesday, October 03, 2018 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

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Dylan Baker tackles three disparate characters in Bernhardt/Hamlet on Broadway --- Character actors often end up with scene-stealing roles on stage. But three plum parts in one Broadway play? That's the hat trick Dylan Baker pulls off in Theresa Rebeck's Bernhardt/Hamlet, in which he portrays celebrated 19th-century theatre actor Benoît-Constant...

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He's Following in James Corden's Broadway Footsteps

By MICHAEL MARTIN

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

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Richard Bean's One Man, Two Guvnors won Corden a Tony. What will his new comedy do for Max Gordon Moore? --- Richard Bean's new Broadway romp The Nap at Manhattan Theatre Club is set in the world of British snooker -- it's like pool, but with more math. A major televised attraction in the U.K., the sport makes rock stars of its champions; it's also...

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Why You Need to Hear Anna Politkovskaya's Story Right Now

By JONATHAN MANDELL

Monday, September 24, 2018 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

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The legacy of the late Russian journalist speaks directly to the turmoil of today --- More than a thousand people attended the funeral of Anna Politkovskaya, a respected Russian journalist who was found murdered in the elevator of her Moscow apartment building in 2006. She was well known for investigating atrocities committed during her homeland's...

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Making 'Uncle Vanya' Real, Not Overwrought

By RAVEN SNOOK

Friday, September 14, 2018 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

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Jay O. Sanders stars in a stripped-down mounting of the Chekhov classic at a brand-new theatre company --- Don't be surprised if you find yourself leaning in as you watch playwright-director Richard Nelson's achingly intimate take on Uncle Vanya, the inaugural production at the Hunter Theater Project. Staged in the round in a black box theatre with...

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Which Real-Life Politician Is Michael McKean Playing This Time?

By MICHAEL MUSTO

Thursday, September 13, 2018 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

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The actor discusses his new role opposite Edie Falco in The True --- Although Michael McKean made his name on TV (he was Lenny on Laverne & Shirley) and in Christopher Guest mockumentaries (This Is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind), he's been a regular on New York City stages over the past 15 years, segueing smoothly between musicals and plays, comedies...

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How Do You Dramatize the Downfall of an Autocrat?

By GERARD RAYMOND

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 • Acting • 0 comments Share This

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In The Emperor, Haile Selassie's servants tell his story, and they're all played by Kathryn Hunter --- The audience never sees His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie in The Emperor, Colin Teevan's stage adaptation of Ryszard Kapuscinski's eponymous book. But you get a vivid picture of the 20th-century Ethiopian autocrat and his court through memories...

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