Author Archives: Christopher Arnott
Lindy, Athol, Bertolt, Pierrot… Yale Cabaret Announces Its 2013 Spring Semester Offerings
The Yale Cabaret has announced its spring 2013 line-up: Ten shows, each running for five public performances (and one audience limited to the playmakers’ Yale School of Drama classmates) plus one special work-in-progress event. As has been in the case in recent years at the 45-year-old student-run experimental drama venue, some are established scripts, others … Continue reading
While Sam Shephards Watched Their Flocks at Night
Gordon Edelstein, Artistic Director of the Long Wharf Theatre, has just sent around “An Important Message,” which appears to be a new variant on the short essays he writes for the Long Wharf programs. If you’re on the Long Wharf email list, you’ve gotten it. Basically, it’s an informative promo vehicle for upcoming Long … Continue reading
Casting Stones
Here’s who’s playing all those Irish townsfolk and Hollywood cretins in the Yale Rep production of Marie Jones’ Stones in His Pockets which runs Jan.25 through Feb. 16 at the Yale Repertory Theatre: • Fred Arsenault. • Euan Morton. That’s it. As is the playwright’s wont, all the dozen-plus roles are played by two male … Continue reading
The Sunday in the Park With George Review
Sunday in the Park With George Through Dec. 20 at the Yale University Theater, 222 York St., New Haven. (203) 432-1234. Directed by Ethan Heard. Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by James Lapine. Musical Director/Conductor/Orchestrator: Daniel Schlosberg. Scenic designer: Reid Thompson Costume designer: Hunter Kaczorowski. Lighting designer: Oliver Wason. Sound designer: Keri Klick. … Continue reading
Arts in Advance: The International Festival of Arts &Ideas names three for 2013
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas announced three of the “cornerstone” events of its 2013 season today. A&I has been intriguingly inconsistent over the years in how it ballyhoos its big events. This year, apparently, they’re going with press-release teasers. This one quotes the festival’s Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie as saying “We are … Continue reading
We’ll Always Have (Charles) Paris
BBC Radio 4 is broadcasting a new Charles Paris mystery, An Amateur Corpse. Episode Two is still available as a streaming broadcast here until until tomorrow (December 19) when Episode Three appears. The fourth and final episode airs on Boxing Day. (Following its terrestrial broadcast in England, each episode lingers online for a full week … Continue reading
By George! Jeffrey Hatcher, on How He Rekindled The Killing of Sister George
The Killing of Sister George ends this week at the Long Wharf Theatre. It’s a noble attempt to reinvigorate and restage a well-known, if misunderstood comedy from the turbulent 1960s London theater era. The play, by a British playwright of German/Jewish parentage known for his stageworthy culture-hopping adaptations of works by Schnitzler, Molnar, Hauptmann and … Continue reading
The Dilemma! Review
Dilemma! Through Dec. 8 at the Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven. (203) 432-1566, www.yalecabaret.org Conceived and directed by Michael Bateman. Created by The Ensemble. Set, projection, and lighting design: Christopher Ash. Costume designer: Seth Bodie. Sound designer: Matt Otto. Technical Director: James Lanius. Dramaturgs: Rachel Carpman. Stage Manager/Producer: Reynaldi Lolong. Moral Guidance: Daniel … Continue reading
“Get to the Point”: a new monthly storytelling series, devised and hosted by me, beginning TONIGHT (Dec. 3) at Café Nine
I’ve been asked to create a new monthly storytelling series at Café Nine, debuting December 3 and continuing on the first Monday of every month. So the debut (“Volume One,” as I call it) is 8 p.m. TONIGHT, Monday Dec. 3, at Cafe Nine, 250 State St., New Haven. I’m very excited by this new … Continue reading
The Cat Club Review
Cat Club Through Dec. 1 at the Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven. (203) 432-1566, www.yalecabaret.org Created by Paul Lieber, Timothy Hassler, Benjamin Fainstein, Hansol Jung and Kate Tarker. Music & lyrics by Lieber & Hassler. Directed by Fainstein. Costume Designer: K.J. Kim. Lighting Designer: Solomon Weisbard. Sound Designer: Palmer. Assistant Sound Designer/Mixer: Tyler … Continue reading