Tennessee Williams’s “The Glass Menagerie” first appeared on Broadway in 1944, beginning what would be a wave of great American plays about troubled families. Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” and “Death of a Salesman,” William Inge’s “Picnic,&
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Reviewing ‘A Man for All Seasons’: America on the original play and the 1966 film
In These Pages: From 1961 and 1966
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The Salesman Cometh: The new ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ exposes our material anxieties
There’s a classic bit of advice for actors: Walk into the audition thinking of yourself as the solution to the director’s problem; be that solution and you’ve got the part. Closing the deal is a steeper challenge for the cutthroat salesmen in David Mamet’s 1983 masterpiece Gl
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Dreams Deferred: ‘Detroit’ examines relationships in troubled times.
‘Detroit’ examines relationships in troubled times.
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Teenage Queen: A ‘Marie Antoinette’ for the age of Occupy
A ‘Marie Antoinette’ for the age of Occupy
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Summers with Shakespeare: America’s many festivals, indoors and out, stage the Bard.
America’s many festivals, indoors and out, stage the Bard.
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Summer Is for Shakespeare: A survey of America’s many festivals honoring the Bard
A survey of America’s many festivals honoring the Bard
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Unquiet Desperation: Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’
Mike Nichols’ production of ‘Death of a Salesman’ breathes and barks like a freshly born thing.
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Road to Redemption: The opera ‘Porgy and Bess’ comes to Broadway
The opera ‘Porgy and Bess’ comes to Broadway
