Mamet Vs. Mamet
He’s playwright, director, theorist—and his own worst enemy.
Category Archives: New England
Coverage of theatre in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Hamlet’s Body
How the Suzuki technique has helped StageWest’s new production rebuild Shakespeare’s play from the feet up.
Green Theatre: Confessions of an Eco-Reporter
As the planet burns, what can art do that activism can’t? Perhaps, as the work of 3 path-breaking companies attests, that’s a false choice. Plus: a to-do list for green theatre, and sketches toward an eco-canon.
Birds of a Feather
In directing ‘Hamlet’ and ‘The Seagull’ in repertory at American Repertory Theatre, Ron Daniels finds parallels and contrasts that illuminate both works.
The Prime of Robert Brustein
Critic and company man, he has built an audience for adventurous work and an institute to train for it.
Jonestown Revisited
At Trinity Square Repertory Company, an exploration of a collective quest for a utopia that went off the rails.
Article of Faith: A Conversation With Lillian Hellman
An American giant in her dotage weighs in on success, fear, love, and idealism.
