A Gentleman’s Guide to Regional Theater Victory
Lots of fine footage of Hartford Stage staffers and fans going nuts last night when it was announced that A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder won the Tony for […]
Structured Anarchy
The previous item was about Berkeley Rep and Yale Rep’s co-production of The House That Will Not Stand. That show was just at Berkeley and will open next week at […]
House That?
What’s the advance word on Marcus Gardley’s The House That Will Not Stand, which begins performances April18 at the Yale Rep? Well, what does the phrase “run extended” mean […]
Realistic Joneses Regionalized
Will Eno’s The Realistic Joneses opened on Broadway last week, at the Lyceum. I wrote two reviews of the play’s world premiere production at the Yale Repertory Theatre in May […]
Fugard Closing In on Himself
My review of The Shadow of a Hummingbird, the new play by Athol Fugard starring Athol Fugard, is on the New Haven Independent site, here. I have enduring memories of […]
Paper Bullets Over Broadway: A Regional Concern
These Paper Bullets! ends Saturday at the Yale Rep. I saw the show a second time last week, and lament that I probably won’t have time to see it a […]
Stephen DeRosa: Paper Bullets’ pater at his alma mater
“It’s like coming home. It’s so fantastic. I forgot how much I loved Yale!” I had lunch last Wednesday with an actor I greatly admire, Stephen DeRosa, who’s in town […]
The These Paper Bullets! breathless-anticipation preview
Tonight is opening night of These Paper Bullets! at the Yale Rep. I feel a special sort of excitement about this show. It brings together some very talented people whom […]
Yale Rep’s 2014-2015 season: Just five plays, but three of them world premieres
Yale Rep has announced its 2014-15 season. Just five titles instead of the accustomed six. Three shows being presented as part of the No Boundaries international performance series have yet […]
Afterlife of Accidental Death
So I saw Accidental Death of an Anarchist at Yale Rep again. My overlong, overthought, original review of the Dario Fo play, directed by Christopher Bayes and starring Steven Epp, […]