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La valse
Given the day, it may be appropriate to conclude with Maurice Ravel’s La valse (1920). In his Fin-de-siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture, Carl Schorske writes: At the close of World War I, Maurice...
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Two at La MaMa
I’ll be bundling up later for the first of my two visits to La MaMa ETC over the next few weeks: tonight, for Simona Maicanescu in Lars Norén’s new production of Wallace Shawn’s The Fever, and at the...
View ArticleModernism against the world
Despite the provisional obituaries that continue to be written about the Modernist project, some publishers and editors keep the flame alight. The newest among them is Contra Mundum Press, established...
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Smart people
Like it or not, for most Americans Broadway is this country’s center of theatre and drama. Tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars are invested in Broadway shows every year, catering to natives...
View ArticleLonger, louder, faster: A manifesto of sorts
Recently reading Jonathan Kalb’s Great Lengths, his book about marathon theatre productions, I began to muse about the idea of excess. In recent years it has been not only excessive length which has...
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In memoriam: Ronan Christopher Louis
Ronan Christpher Louis. Ronan Christopher Louis, the son of Emily Rapp and her husband Rick Louis, passed away peacefully this morning at 3.30am in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the victim of Tay-Sachs...
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Just the facts
Once in a while it’s a good idea to cast a cold eye on one’s resume; and I am not particularly good at marketing myself (apparently Terry Teachout enjoys it, but perhaps he has a talent for it). In...
View ArticleThe new play scene in the UK
UPDATE (25 February): At the Guardian, Charlotte Higgins has more. For those who may believe that the United Kingdom has a healthier new play sector than the United States, Fin Kennedy has bad news for...
View ArticleA few words in praise of gentlemen
Perhaps one of the more obvious traits about a few recent non-events in the critical community is that they display what might best be called un-gentlemanliness–that is, they cross the border from...
View ArticleLast stop, everybody off
If a thing is worth doing, goes the saying, it is worth doing well, and this is as true of theatre blogs like this one as it is of everything else. It is increasingly difficult for me to do it, either...
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