Reanimating ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ for the Stage, and Keeping It Dark
The songwriters of the Disney film join playwright Peter Parnell to reenvision the story as a tale of lust and deformity.
Category Archives: March 2015
This Month in Theatre History
Births, deaths, debuts and bans of bygone Marches.
Executive Letter for March 2015: Seeing Change
Diversity and inclusion are more than just values and talking points; they require and entail a specific series of actions.
Booze and the Bard, Two Flavors That Go Well Together
Like a cocktail with your classics? Troupes are attracting new audiences by mixing sauce with Shakespeare—and even some purists would like another round.
Love, Sex, Death and Classical Music Overlap in ‘Fugue’
Tommy Smith’s new play at the Echo Theater Company moves along 3 tracks as it follows 3 great classical musicians and their chaotic love lives.
Heavy-Hitting ‘Hammer Trilogy’ Envisioned as an American King Arthur Myth
Fantasy and mythology cross-breed with early American history in Nathan Allen’s ambitious three-play series, now at last running in repertory.
John Kander and Nick Blaemire on Musicals Old and New
Veteran composer John Kander talks and emerging talent Nick Blaemire, both with new musicals at Arlington’s Signature Theatre this month, trade thoughts about the state of musical theatre.
Gigi Bermingham Plays the Judy Garland That Got Away
The actress, now starring in ‘End of the Rainbow’ at International City Theatre, talks about learning to love Judy and why working in real estate wasn’t right for her.
‘The Second Girl’ Shows the Other Side of O’Neill’s ‘Long Day’s Journey’
The design team of ‘The Second Girl’ at Huntington Theatre Company go hyper-realistic, creating a real working kitchen, where the cast members could clean, iron and cook a real chicken
Bill Pullman Plays Othello as a Stranger in a Strange Land (Norway)
Language and culture, not race, are the faultlines in a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy by Norwegian director Stein Winge.
