Author Archives: Christopher Arnott

Christie in Love Through Oct. 29 at the Yale Cabaret. Written by Howard Brenton. Directed by Katie McGerr. Sound Design: Matt Otto. Fight Choreography: Fisher Neal. Dramaturg: Mary Laws. Stage Manager: Hannah Sullivan. Producer: Shane D. Hudson. “Visual Design by the Company.” Performed by Lucas Dixon (Constable), Rob Grant (Inspector) and Max Roll (Christie). Dark … Continue reading »

Belleville Through Nov. 12 at the Yale Repertory Theatre. Written by Amy Herzog. Directed by Anne Kauffman. Scenic Designer: Julia C. Lee. Costume Designer: Mark Nagle. Lighting Designer: Nina Hyun Seung Lee. Sound Designer and Composer: Robert Kaplowitz. Production Dramaturgs: Amy Boratko and Alex Ripp. Vocal and Dialect Coach: Beth McGuire. Fight Directors: Rick Sordelet … Continue reading »

In honor of the Yale School of Drama production of Gertrude Stein’s Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights—and Halloween!—here are some other colorful Fausts, drawn from the vast Christopher Arnott Collection of Mephistopholean lit.

Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights Presented by the Yale School of Drama through Oct. 29 at the Iseman Theater. Written by Gertrude Stein. Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz. Scenic Designer: Adam Rigg. Costume Designer: Jayoung Yoon. Lighting Designer: Masha Tsimring. Sound Designer: Elizabeth Atkinson. Projection Designer: Hannah Wasileski. Composer: Adrian Knight. Dramaturg: Sunder Ganglani. Stage Manager: … Continue reading »

Up close and scary is what Amy Herzog is going for with Belleville, which has its world premiere opening tonight at the Yale Rep. As it did for seven years of her higher education, Yale’s got her back. When Herzog became concerned that the Rep space wasn’t quite intimate for the Belleville of her fitful … Continue reading »

Check the name on this ubiquitous Halloween costume. The brand name Hibrow looks and sounds a lot like the word Hebrew. I came to this realization entirely on my own, and while researching the item online I find I’m not the first to note the pun. Which only affirms the theory that there might be  … Continue reading »

“This Joint is Jumpin’” Arthur Faria has lost count of how many times he’s directed Ain’t Misbehavin’, the landmark 1970s Broadway hit which celebrates the life and work of Harlem Renaissance icon Thomas “Fats” Waller and which inspired dozens of similar (mostly inferior) historical song revues and jukebox shows on the Great White Way. Faria … Continue reading »

I do these quirky lists every month or so, trawling the new Netflix on-demand offerings for shows which are either about the theater or feature familiar theater types. Actresses. Real Korean film stars play themselves in this comedy about animosity and one-upmanship at a Vogue photo shoot. Almost Love. South Korean romance between childhood friends … Continue reading »

Broadway Music MVPs 1960-2010: The Most Valuable Players of the Past 50 Seasons By Peter Filichia (2011 Applause Theatre & Cinema Books) I can’t say I’m fond of made-up competitions that pit creative artists against each other as if they were playing sports. But with his earlier The Biggest Hit and the Biggest Flop of … Continue reading »

The Tintin movie has opened in Europe, and opera singer Madame Castafiore is in it! The “Milanesque nightingale” famous for her rendition of “these jewels beyond compare” from Gounod’s Faust, is voiced by Kim Stengel, who has performed the role of Carlotta Giudicelli in Phantom of the Opera over 5000 times. By the way, BBC … Continue reading »