I have seen a fair number of Shakespeare plays altered by directors in my day, from modernizations to setting/era changes, and the main thing is that the alterations have to successfully illuminate the material in an...
Category - Theater
Terry Morgan
“The Ants” at the Geffen Playhouse
What does wealth and privilege afford you during turbulent times? Playwright Ramiz Monsef explores themes of class, wealth, and social unrest in his new horror play The Ants, now playing at the Geffen Playhouse. This...
Pauline Adamek
“Fetch Clay, Make Man” at the Kirk Douglas
The subject of unlikely friendships is always intriguing (however will this cat and dog get along?), and none seems more unlikely than the friendship between boxing legend Muhammad Ali and early black movie star Stepin...
“The Mountaintop” now playing at the Geffen
Playwright Katori Hall’s Olivier Award–winning drama The Mountaintop reimagines what Dr. King’s last night on Earth could have been. Pictured above: L-R: Amanda Warren and Jon Michael Hill in The Mountaintop at...
Voices from the Hollywood Fringe: Jay Stalder, Writer of ‘A Definitive Ranking of My Closest Friends’
This one-act comedy centers around a toxic group of friends.
Kurt Gardner