This Month in Theatre History
From a 1776 play about the American Revolution to ‘Hamilton,’ July has been a hot month for theatre.
All Stories About Eugene O”Neill
‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ in the Room Where It Happened
There’s no escape for or from the tortured Tyrones, as Flock Theatre stages O’Neill’s masterpiece in the intimacy of his family’s historic cottage.
By Playwrights Possessed, Namely Sam and Eugene
An O’Neill biography puts the drama centerstage, while a tantalizing compendium of Beckett-iana largely elides it.
A Hard Day’s Journey Into Night: Bobby Cannavale in ‘The Hairy Ape’
How the actor keeps it real at the center of a stunning new staging of O’Neill’s stylized 1922 drama.
The Genius of O’Neill
He wrote his best play last, but it’s a mistake to think of the rest of the playwright’s thorny, ambitious, stammeringly poetic work as simply a warmup for ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night.’
From Sea-Chanties to the Moon
A spate of intense new productions shows how Eugene O’Neill’s theatrical vision deepened as his canvas tightened.
Stages
From the Goodman to Oregon Shakes, from new works in New Haven to the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
The Liberation of Eugene O’Neill
Where does O’Neill stand today, some 30 years after his death? Evidently on a pedestal.
Quintero on Fact and Feeling
Thoughts on O’Neill from one of his most important interpreters.
