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BBC Radio 4 Extra is currently broadcasting a new radio dramatization of Karel Capek’s War With the Newts. You can listen to it on demand, for free, for the rest of this week, here. In the theater, Capek’s known for his social-satire fantasy classic R.U.R. (for which the playwright coined the now-standard term “robot”) and … Continue reading »

Church Through Nov. 5 at the Yale Cabaret, 217 Park St., New Haven. Written by Young Jean Lee. Performed by Matthew Lotschic, Laura Gragtmans, Kate Attwell and others. Directed by the ensemble, with Sunder Ganglani. Sound: en Goodwin. Lights: Masha Tsimring. Choreography by the female members of the cast plus Mary Laws and Sunder Ganglani. … Continue reading »

Ain’t Misbehavin’—The Fats Waller Musical Show Through Nov. 20 at the Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Dr., New Haven. Conceived by Richard Maltby Jr. & Murray Horwitz. Created and originally directed by Richard Maltby Jr. Original choreography and musical staging by Arthur Faria. Musical adaptation, orchestration and arrangement by Luther Henderson. Vocal and musical concepts … Continue reading »

David Schramm works when he wants to. He’s just been offered a new play, but doesn’t like the idea of spending six weeks in the Midwest in the middle of winter. Playing Toby Belch in Twelfth Night in Connecticut in autumn—during storms which rage as wildly as the one which wrecks ships at the beginning … Continue reading »

At the Long Wharf tribute to Gordon Edelstein’s first decade of leadership last month, I ran into one of my favorite actors, David Margulies. (I also ran into one of my favorite playwrights, Donald Margulies, who is no relation to David and says “we get mistaken for each other all the time. He gets my … Continue reading »

They’ve announced the cast for the next Yale Rep show, Moliere’s A Doctor in Spite of Himself, playing Nov. 26 through Dec. 17. The production brings back the director/star team of Christopher Bayes and Steven Epp, who oversaw the Rep’s hit rendition of Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters in February 2010. That previous show … Continue reading »

  For Darius De Haas the Westpoort Country Playhouse production of Twelfth Night is “my first public Shakespeare. I studied Shakespeare in school, but this is my first professional production.” The theater’s not far ahead of him. While director Mark Lamos is renowned for his Shakespeares—in New York, at numerous regional theaters and especially at … Continue reading »

1. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Writer/producer Aaron Sorkin is an unapologetic diehard who regularly drops Gilbert & Sullivan quotes into the dialogue he writes. He’s used “I’m never ever sick at sea as a punchline more than once.” For the opening episode of his unfortunately shortlived series about a live late-night comedy show, … Continue reading »

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 »