Review: Piven Theatre’s “Two by Pinter: The Lover and The Collection”

Piven needs to push the envelope     Piven Theatre Workshop presents: Two by Pinter: “The Lover” and “The Collection” by Harold Pinter directed by Joyce Piven thru November 15th (buy tickets)  reviewed by Paige Listerud Two early works by Harold Pinter, The Lover (1962) and The Collection (1961) onstage now at Piven Theatre Workshop, [...]

Review: Pinter’s “The Caretaker” (Curious Theatre Branch)

Hauntingly primal, animalistic performances are fascinating to watch Moving season was the right time for Curious Theatre Branch to produce The Caretaker, by Harold Pinter. Tucked away in the intimate Side Project space, the set, recreating a dilapidated London apartment, is a chaos of broken down debris. A stuffed fox, old newspapers, a paint-splattered ladder, [...]

Playwright Harold Pinter dead at 78

From Broadway.com: Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter died of cancer on December 24, according to the Associated Press. He was 78. The highly influential and political scribe was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature. He was born on October 10, 1930 in the London borough of Hackney. In 1948 he was accepted at the [...]

Wassup at *Village Players* ??

Due to popular demand, world-premier musical The Medium at Large, starring Tony & Jeff Award Nominee John Herrera, has added an extra weekend of shows, extending the run through Sunday, Novebmer 23rd. The production is co-written by Julia Cameron (international best-selling author of The Artist’s Way) and Emma Lively; directed by Carl Occhipinti. (blog aside: [...]

Remy Bumppo announces 2008/09 season

Remy Bumppo 2008/09 Season   The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville-Barker adapted by David Mamet directed by James Bohnen featuring Artistic Associate David Darlow David Mamet’s sleek adaptation of Granville-Barker’s 1905 play feels as if it were written yesterday.  When Edward Voysey learns of his father’s corrupt dealings within the family business, he knows there [...]