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January 01, 1990 - January 18, 2013 + Theatre Talk
Desperately Tweaking Ibsen 
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"The Original Desperate Housewife."...That's been a description of no less than three different productions of Hedda Gabler this year. Obviously, journalists and marketing types...
A Tale of Two Todds
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There's no place like London.So says the first verse of Stephen Sondheim's musical Sweeney Todd which takes place in that wondrous town. But there's...
How Does It Feel?
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History tells us that when Bob Dylan's famous song "The Times They Are A-Changin'" came out in 1964, the Baby Boomers hearing it on...
Winter Rapping
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This past weekend, I ventured out into what's being called on the East Coast: "The Blizzard of '06'" and I ducked into a small theater...
Female Figures
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Last week, Broadway dimmed its lights to mourn the passing of American playwright Wendy Wasserstein. It was a tribute to a writer responsible for...
The Importance of Being Expectant
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Last summer I has the opportunity to see Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest at the legendary Abbey Theatre in Dublin - the city...
Father Days
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For most dads, Father's Day only comes once a year; but for the Norse god Wotan---the "supreme" or "father" god in Germanic myths---it comes every...
The Playwright's Profession
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Recently Theatre Talk has been discussing political plays, in particular the inability of contemporary political plays--and politically minded playwrights--to say something profound about contemporary life.
Politics, Politics, Politics
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Last week, Theatre Talk discussed the lack of persuasion and optimism in British playwright Harold Pinter's Nobel Prize lecture titled Art, Truth and Politics. Around...
Pinter Storms
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Harold Pinter, perhaps Britain-s greatest modern playwright and the winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature, presented his Nobel lecture two weeks ago. ...
Tis the Season for Showtunes?
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What is it about Christmas time that makes Americans-normally a weary group when it comes to breaking into song-suddenly become suckers for singing and dancing?...
Seasons of Larson
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Jonathan Larson lived only long enough to write one musical, but even though that show opened almost ten years ago, it's still running on Broadway...
Sex in the Suburbs
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The Bards are back.Justin Tanner, L.A.-s Bard of Sav-on, is back with an updated version of his play Wife Swappers. Not to be confused...
Crazy Horses
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With the holidays-and the stress that accompanies them-fast approaching, it might be a good time to talk about mental institutions. In the next few...
Vaudeville Verismo
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The words "wild" and "party" haven't been synonymous with Broadway in years. In the days before ubiquitous mic-ing, overproduced Disney spectacles, and $100 ticket...
