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West End Review: She Stoops to Conquer and more

18 February 2012

in American Drama, Restoration comedy, Reviews and Roundtables

West End Review, part 1: revivals special. Mark Shenton and guests Kate Bassett (Independent on Sunday), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) convene to assess Josie Rourke’s debut production as artistic director of the Donmar – The Recruiting Officer; Jamie Lloyd’s revival of She Stoops to Conquer (The National); The House of Bernarda Alba (Almeida), directed by Bijan Sheibani; The Sea Plays (Old Vic Tunnels), directed by Kenneth Hoyt.

New York report: Village Voice critic surveys the scene

2 January 2012

in American Drama, Criticism

NEW YORK SPECIAL Michael Feingold, chief theatre critic of the Village Voice, chats to Philip Fisher about theatrical life during the past few months, covering both the big houses of Broadway as well as Off-Broadway venues, looking at both the latest new musicals and plays, especially the rise and rise of the triple bill.

Director David Thacker explores the work of Arthur Miller

24 March 2011

in American Drama, Directors, Playwrights, Regional Theatre

INTERVIEW: DAVID THACKER The artistic director of the Octagon Theatre Bolton talks to David Chadderton on the telephone about his current revival of Arthur Miller’s The Price (1968), and about his long and rewarding working relationship with the legendary playwright.

West End Review: March 2011

2 March 2011

in American Drama, Musicals, New Writing, Reviews and Roundtables

WEST END REVIEW Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) assess The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Donmar); Frankenstein (National Theatre); The Children’s Hour (Comedy Theatre); The Heretic (Royal Court).

Director Ian Rickson discusses Lillian Hellman

17 February 2011

in 20th-century Drama, American Drama, Directors

INTERVIEW: IAN RICKSON The director talks to Carole Woddis about his hit West End production of Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour (Comedy Theatre), which stars Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss in a play that was scandalous on its first outing in 1934, and continues to be relevant. Recorded at Graeae.

Actor Lucian Msamati on Clybourne Park

17 February 2011

in Actors and Performers, American Drama, Black Voices

INTERVIEW: LUCIAN MSAMATI The actor, director and writer chats to Carole Woddis about his role in Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park (Wyndhams), a satirical drama about race in Chicago which has just transferred to the West End from the Royal Court. He also talks about theatre in Zimbabwe, where he grew up, and his role as artistic director of Tiata Fahodzi.

New York report: Village Voice critic gives an overview

3 January 2011

in American Drama, Criticism

NEW YORK SPECIAL Michael Feingold, translator and chief theatre critic of the Village Voice chats to Philip Fisher about theatrical life during the past few months, covering both the big houses of Broadway as well as Off-Broadway venues, looking at both the latest new musicals and plays.

The Two-Character Play by Tennessee Williams discussed

22 October 2010

in Actors and Performers, American Drama, London Fringe

INTERVIEW: CATHERINE CUSACK and PAUL McEWAN The two actors, who are appearing together in a rare revival of The Two-Character Play by Tennessee Williams at the Jermyn Street Theatre, join the production’s director, Gene David Kirk, to discuss the challenges of this experimental piece. Dominic Cavendish quizzes.

Director Iqbal Khan on Arthur Miller and Antony Sher

15 October 2010

in American Drama, Asian Voices, Directors

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ASIAN VOICES: IQBAL KHAN The director talks to Suman Bhuchar about his current revival of Arthur Miller’s 1994 play, Broken Glass (Tricycle), which stars Antony Sher, and about his career, and the state of Asian theatre today. Recorded at the National Theatre.

Edinburgh 2010: No Child, a Fringe smash

15 August 2010

in Actors and Performers, American Drama, Edinburgh Festival and Fringe

EDINBURGH 2010 Nilaja Sun, the New York actor and writer, talks about No Child (Assembly Rooms), her one-woman tragicomic expose of the worst aspects of the American schooling system, and her attempts to improve kids’ lives through the use of theatre. Excerpt from monologue. Interview by Philip Fisher.

Director Joe Hill-Gibbins revives Martin McDonagh

29 July 2010

in American Drama, Directors, Irish Drama

INTERVIEW: JOE HILL-GIBBINS The director talks to Philip Fisher about his cracking revival of Martin McDonagh’s 1996 debut, The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Young Vic). He also looks back at his controversial debut, Wallace Shawn’s A Thought in Three Parts, and forwards to his upcoming production of Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie. Recorded at the Young Vic.

West End Review: June 2010

21 June 2010

in American Drama, Reviews and Roundtables

WEST END REVIEW Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests Kate Bassett (Independent on Sunday), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) discuss Arthur Miller’s All My Sons (Apollo), Simon Gray’s The Late Middle Classes (Donmar), Terence Rattigan’s After the Dance (National), Drew Pautz’s Love the Sinner (National) and Ingmar Bergman’s Through a Glass Darkly (Almeida). Recorded at Dewynters, London.

Mark Shenton and Matt Wolf talk Tony Awards

18 June 2010

in American Drama, Awards

TONY AWARDS 2010 London critics Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) shuttled over to New York to watch the Tony Awards, at which British-originated productions triumphed, with a total of 10 wins out of a possible 26. Here they deliver their verdicts on the whole shebang.

David Lan on August Wilson, and the Young Vic

20 May 2010

in American Drama, Directors, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: DAVID LAN The Artistic Director of the Young Vic talks to Philip Fisher about reviving legendary American playwright August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1984), which is currently at this venue, as well as about his career, and the mission and future of the Young Vic. Recorded at the Young Vic.

New York: Hair tribal rock musical revival

5 January 2010

in Actors and Performers, American Drama, Musicals

NEW YORK SPECIAL: HAIR Cast members Gavin Creel and Caissie Levy talk to Philip Fisher about the current Broadway revival of Hair (Al Hirschfeld Theatre), the 1967 Tribal Love-Rock Musical, its characters and the politics of the show, and the chance of bringing it to the West End in April.

New York: Village Voice critic speaks

3 January 2010

in American Drama, Criticism

NEW YORK SPECIAL Michael Feingold, chief theatre critic of the Village Voice chats to Philip Fisher about theatrical life in the Big Apple, covering both the big houses of Broadway as well as Off-Broadway venues, looking at both the latest new plays and revivals.

Scott Morfee of Barrow Street Theatre on Our Town

31 December 2009

in American Drama, Directors

NEW YORK SPECIAL Scott Morfee, Artistic Director of Off-Broadway’s Barrow Street Theatre, talks to Philip Fisher about his latest long-running hit, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, running a theatre during the recession and his Chicago connections, including Tracy Letts and David Cromer.

New York Festival of Music Theatre

8 May 2009

in American Drama, Musicals, Producers

INTERVIEW: ISAAC ROBERT HURWITZ The Executive Director and Producer of the New York Festival of Musical Theatre talks to Peter Huntley about the event, which since 2004 has resulted in some 100 new stagings, such as Next to Normal, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Shout! and Austentatious, and discovered much new talent. Recorded in New York.

Jim Houghton on American new writing

9 January 2009

in American Drama, New Writing, Producers

NEW YORK SPECIAL Jim Houghton, founder of the Off-Broadway Signature Theatre, talks to Philip Fisher about his new writing venue, which has also staged rare work by playwrights such as Arthur Miller and August Wilson, as well as the current season featuring the Negro Ensemble Company.

Playwright Tracy Letts on August: Osage County

28 November 2008

in American Drama, New Writing, Playwrights

INTERVIEW: TRACY LETTS The American writer and actor talks to Philip Fisher about the inspiration behind his multi-award-winning Broadway hit, August: Osage County, now at the National, and his career in the theatre.

Michael Attenborough on Neil LaBute

21 October 2008

in American Drama, Directors, New Writing

INTERVIEW: MICHAEL ATTENBOROUGH (1/2) The artistic director of the Almeida Theatre in north London talks to Aleks Sierz about directing Neil LaBute’s latest, In a Dark Dark House, which opens in November, as well as about the importance of American drama.

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