Michael Feingold looks at two popular century-old plays which had enduring afterlives, “Nothing But the Truth” and “The Cat and the Canary”
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The Feingold Column: My Recycled Repertoire, and Why (Pagnol’s Topaze)
From John Barrymore to Fernandel to Peter Sellers, actors all over the world have put their stamp on Marcel Pagnol’s Topaze.
What Do We Need to Talk About?: Apple Tart for the Soul
Nelson’s Apple Family returns, virtually, to engage and comfort deprived theater fans
What Do We Need to Talk About?: An Apt Chat and Chew Over Current Events
Richard Nelson’s fresh slice of Rhinebeck life is a screenshot reflection of our troubled times
Intermission Talk: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
The beloved and respected songwriter is saluted by the brightest Broadway entertainers of today
Intermission Talk: Sondheim’s Starry Online 90th Birthday Concert
After a few technical difficulties, ‘Take Me to the World’ was the Sondheim celebration that theater-starved Broadway babies were waiting for
Intermission Talk: Five Bites of the Apple (Family)
Richard Nelson’s newest installment in his celebrated Apple Family series “opens” online on Wednesday, and the first four plays are available for viewing
Intermission Talk: Buyer & Cellar Online—Sold!
Performing Jonathan Tolins’s Streisand-centric fable live and online, Michael Urie hits it out of the park
The Feingold Column: My Recycled Repertoire, and Why (Barrie’s ‘Admirable Crichton’)
I have a notion for what might be a four-play repertory season. The title most likely to be recognized is the British specimen, James M. Barrie’s ‘The Admirable Crichton.’
Intermission Talk: Outrageous Slings and Arrows
The exceptional Canadian series, set at a facsimile of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, is re-released just in time for us to savor it