January 29, 2011

"What the Public Wants" Lacks Mass Appeal

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The first thing I do when I go to see a play at the Mint Theater Company is check out the bookshelf in its lobby. The Mint specializes in w...
January 26, 2011

"The Importance of Being Earnest" Reminds Me of the True Legacy of Oscar Wilde

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Thanks to books (fictional homages by Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, and George Bernard Shaw), movies (like the 1997 Stephen Fry biopic “W...
January 22, 2011

Other Desert Cities Blooms, Thanks to Its Cast

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Lincoln Center Theater must be a great place to work.   The best actors in the theater today seem to be queuing up at its door. Just reading...
January 19, 2011

Why "John Gabriel Borkman" Left Me Cold

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Everyone sitting around me in BAM’s Harvey Theater this past Saturday seemed to be a diehard theatergoer.  The woman next to me was boasting...
January 13, 2011

Paying Last Respects to the Mama of La MaMa

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The news came today that Ellen Stewart has died.  She was 91 and news report say that she died peacefully in her sleep.  So this is less a...
January 12, 2011

Why "Driving Miss Daisy" Drove Me Crazy

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Driving Miss Daisy and I go back a long way.  I saw the original 1987 off-Broadway production with Dana Ivey as the titular Jewish widow in...
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January 8, 2011

Turning on the Ghost Light

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No post today because all attention in our household is being paid to the anniversary that my husband K and I are celebrating this weekend. ...