I recently was reflecting on some outstanding theatre I had seen over the past few years. What is the power of playing against the line in a play be it a comedy or tragedy? One of the biggest laughs Alex Jennings gets in the National Theatre (UK) production of Noel Coward’s Present Laughter is near [...]
Lev Dodin, the director of the acclaimed Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg Russia, has directed a riveting production of UNCLE VANYA, which was recently seen at BAM. Like Ingmar Bergman at his best, Dodin begins the play as well as foreshadows the outcome in the opening few moments. He has also reflected on the [...]
I recently saw a riveting production of UNCLE VANYA from the Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg Russia.
The play’s director Lev Dodin wrote a short bittersweet piece about this piece specifically and Chekhov in general. One has to make hard choices throughout one’s life as Dodin beautiful notes. To call this phase of life a [...]
A new Italian film I AM LOVE stars the ever versatile Tilda Swinton as a wife who falls in one with another.
I have never seen a movie that captured the sights and sounds of a place so well — in this case Milan Italy. The filmmaker takes you on a sensational — in the true [...]