Archive for the ‘Theater’ Category

Good People

Yesterday I had the pleasure of seeing the Tony-nominated play “Good People” starring Frances McDormand and Tate Donovan. Written by David Lindsay-Abaire, the author of the critically acclaimed and 2007 Pulitzer winner “Rabbit Hole.” Lindsay-Abaire does not shy away from difficult subjects and this is no exception. However, unlike “Rabbit Hole,” the wonderfully written play [...]


“Our Town” by Thornton Wilder

David Cromer’s direction of the three act play, “Our Town” is quite good. Though the stage manager, Jason Butler Harner, is meant to speak to the audience directly, this version takes place in a small theater setting in which the audience is included in every scene of the play; we became part of Grover’s Corners. The sparse [...]


Jude Law in “Hamlet”

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This fall New Yorkers are treated to an excellent play in Hamlet at The Broadhurst theater through Dec 6th. Though most have seen some rendition of this famous Shakespearean work before or have read it in high school, this version is well worth revisiting. As Law said in a NYT interview, “Our language is littered [...]