Arts and Culture - Theater Review | Truthdig http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/category/theater/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-08-19T17:50:51+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/category/theater/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo ‘Life and Fate’ at the Lincoln Center Festival http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090819_theatre_review_life_and_fate_at_the_lincoln_center/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090819_theatre_review_life_and_fate_at_the_lincoln_center/ eunice wong, lev dodin, life and fate, lincoln center festival, maly drama, st. petersburg, theatre review, wwii, Theater Review Life and Fate

“Life and Fate” by Vasily Grossman is one of the greatest works of 20th century literature. A new theatrical adaptation is innovative, but ultimately loses the epic’s profound meditations on good and evil.

Related Entries

]]> 2009-08-19T17:50:51+00:00 Lincoln and Douglas Debate Again in ‘The Rivalry’ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20081101_lincoln_and_douglas_debate_again_in_the_rivalry/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20081101_lincoln_and_douglas_debate_again_in_the_rivalry/ abraham lincoln, david strathairn, debates, election, la theatre works, mccain, norman corwin, obama, paul giamatti, president, slavery, stephen douglas, the rivalry, Theater Review The Rivalry

Just in time for Election Day, actors David Strathairn and Paul Giamatti are resurrecting the formidable historical figures of Abraham Lincoln and his rival for the Senate in 1858, Stephen A. Douglas, respectively, in L.A. Theatre Works’ production of “The Rivalry,” Norman Corwin’s play about the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates.

Related Entries

]]> 2008-11-02T03:01:03+00:00 Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘Seagull’ Soars http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20070917_theater_review_rsc_the_seagull/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20070917_theater_review_rsc_the_seagull/ actor, chekhov, drama, los angeles, new york, nunn, royal shakespeare company, seagull, stage, theater, Theater Review The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” seems, at first, to be merely a skillful and familiar rendition of a masterpiece. But like many great works of art, the power of this production is cumulative.

Related Entries

]]> 2007-09-18T23:54:46+00:00 New York Theater Review:  ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/new_york_theater_review_the_year_of_magical_thinking_20100721/ http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/new_york_theater_review_the_year_of_magical_thinking_20100721/ death, didion, grief, loss, new york, redgrave, review, theater, Theater Review In her first Truthdig theater review, actor and writer Eunice Wong takes in director David Hare’s stage production of “The Year of Magical Thinking,” Joan Didion’s haunting memoir about the sudden death of her husband (she would also later lose her daughter) and the heartbreaking mind tricks she used to try to conjure him back.

Related Entries

]]> 2007-05-29T20:53:05+00:00