JOURNEY’S END (Saul Dibb)

On April 4, 2018April 5, 2018 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

R.C. Sherriff’s 1928 play Journey’s End is to the stage what the 1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front is to the screen.

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Who You Gonna Call?

On April 1, 2018April 6, 2018 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road)Leave a comment

Every time an artistic director at a regional theatre announces they’re stepping down — a frequent occurrence nowadays — I contemplate who I’d personally hire to fill these all-important positions.

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KILLER LEGO(las)

On March 28, 2018April 2, 2018 By Steven StraussIn London Calling, Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

It was just announced that Orlando Bloom will star as the title character in a London revival of Tracy Letts’ 1993 play Killer Joe.

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THREE Rich WOMEN

On March 27, 2018April 2, 2018 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAYLeave a comment

Count me shocked — SHOCKED I TELL YA — that the current Broadway revival of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women is selling SO well SO early in its run.

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New Group in the Square

On March 23, 2018March 30, 2018 By Steven StraussIn 570 Channels (And Everythin's On), Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, London Calling, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

In an age dominated by nonprofit theatre companies taking over Broadway houses —from Roundabout’s conquest of the Sondheim to Second Stage’s brand-spanking-new ownership of the Helen Hayes — the New Group should move into the Circle in the Square (once its current tenant, Once on this Island, closes).

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