June 2011
3 posts
Old Fools Are Babes Again
That’s Goneril’s assessment of her father almost immediately after he comes to live with her, and it is the touchstone of Derek Jacobi’s highly-acclaimed performance in the title role in the Donmar Warehouse production of King Lear, recently mounted at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. From his first moments on stage, Jacobi is playing, putting on a show for his daughters and his...
Heartbreak House
At the other extreme theatrically from a head trip like Sleep No More is the head-y but emphatically not trippy latest from Tony Kushner, the endlessly (and, really, entitled) Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures, playing the last few weeks at the Public Theater. The title’s double allusion to Shaw and Mary Baker Eddy does an excellent...
Next In Line For the Throne
So the Stratford Festival’s Artistic Director, Des McAnuff, has announced his retirement after the 2013 season. The last time Stratford was faced with a resignation at the top, they foolishly decided to divide the kingdom. I think it’s safe to say they won’t try that again any time soon.
I know essentially nothing about the possible leadership options - I don’t even live...
