By Samuel L. Leiter   Revivals of anything by Tennessee Williams from the generally undistinguished days that followed Eccentricities of a Nightingale (1962’s rewritten version of 1948’s Summer and Smoke), are always of deep interest. That’s especially so for fans who believe some...

  By Marcina Zaccaria   Austin Pendleton successfully combines two Shakespearean plays in Wars of the Roses: Henry VI & Richard III, bringing the best of actor’s theater to the stage. With Austin Pendleton’s direction, the company is completely engaged in the moment. Each...

        by Samuel L. Leiter   Although hardly a household name in New York theatrical circles, John Wulp, now 90, has had a rather abundant career as a playwright, director, designer, and producer, as well as in the fields of art and photography. His first play, The...

          by Samuel L. Leiter   Horton Foote, the admired Texas playwright who died at 92 in 2009, wrote so many worthy plays it’s rare for a season to pass without at least one being revived. The latest is The Traveling Lady, a bittersweet romantic piece, now at...

    Theater Pizzazz’ Mark Ryan (MR) Anderson was on the scene to meet and greet the cast of The Traveling Lady at press previews including cast members: LARRY BULL, LYNN COHEN, ANGELINA FIORDELLISI, JEAN LICHTY, GEORGE MORFOGEN, RON PIRETTI, PJ SOSKO, JILL TANNER and Tony...

        by JK Clarke   Anyone who’s ever walked the halls of a nursing home has seen numerous rooms in which sat a forlorn looking elderly person, lost in a haze of senility or Alzheimer’s. And many of us have undoubtedly wondered what might be going through that...

          by JK Clarke   More often than not, a powerful work of art that speaks to, or enlivens, a generation, tends to lose a good deal of its luster as time moves on. What once seemed extraordinary becomes ordinary largely as a result of imitation or...

    By Sandi Durell     Is it reality to think that once one has reached middle age that missed opportunities and roads not taken can be recaptured? British playwright N.C. Hunter (1908-1971) raises not only this question, but brings human frailties, disappointments,...

    Old Friends: Late Nights in Smoky Bars   by JK Clarke   Watching the Barbara Bleier/Austin Pendleton performance, Late Nights in Smoky Bars—playing periodically this summer at Pangea in the East Village—I can’t help of thinking of the Simon & Garfunkel lyrics “Old...

          by JK Clarke   Perhaps Tennessee Williams had Jean Paul Sartre in mind when he wrote Orpheus Descending (now playing through May 14 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Greenwich Village). Whereas Sartre posited in Huit Clos (No Exit) that “hell is other...

    by Linda Amiel Burns   Author William V. Madison’s biography of Madeline Kahn brought together a panel of friends and colleagues on April 5th who shared their memories of this multi talented actress at the 92nd St. Y.   William V. Madison’s book “Madeline Kahn: Being the...

    Boldface names from the theater world turned up Sunday night at the Barrow Street Theatre for opening night and US debut of The Effect, by Lucy Prebble. Having recently taken London by storm, winning Best New Play from the UK Critics’ circle, The Effect is now helmed by...

  by: Sophia Romma,     Perfect storms imbued with gratifying collaborations often profess profound impact, however, in the case of the falsetto unions between the German composer Hanns Eisler, the German Playwright, Bertolt Brecht, and the languid Soprano Karyn Levitt,...

                    by Marilyn Lester   Every so often a perfect storm of artistic brilliance – if not to say, genius – presents itself to the world. In this instance, the perfect storm is the collaboration of Hanns Eisler and Bertolt...

          Ingmar Bergman’s Nora, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama A Doll’s House, makes its English-language New York debut at Cherry Lane Theatre.     by JK Clarke   It’s a risky thing, in theater, to take a fundamental aspect of a...

          “Happy Birthday, Eric Bentley” event will take place on Dec. 7 at The Town Hall. It honors Mr. Bentley’s 99th Birthday.   The evening will feature reminiscences, anecdotes and readings from Eric Bentley’s classic works by Tony...

      NY Theater Review By Eric J. Grimm   At United Solo Fest, Nancy Redman is presenting another collaboration with director Austin Pendleton after the successful shows Clutter: I’m Saving My Life and It’s Killing Me and Emergency a la Carte. The new show,...