What’s going on behind the scenes?: Interview with Bernard Havard on working with his creative team at the Walnut Street Theatre
Bernard Havard shares his experiences with his creative team for A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE by Oscar Wilde:
Oscar Wilde
As if Oscar Wilde himself had arrived on the Walnut stage: Interview with Bernard Havard on casting and working with his actors
Part 2 of Henrik Eger’s interview with Walnut Theatre head Bernard Havard
Risks can lead to financial loss: Interview with Bernard Havard on A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE at the Walnut Street Theatre
Bernard Havard discusses the risks of running a theater as few producers and directors would be willing to
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (Walnut Street): Dropping a stream of bon mots from the sofa
How wonderful that we have Oscar Wilde’s works and can go and see his plays
What Peaches and What Penumbras! A musical play concludes Whitman at 200
The last big Whitman at 200 event was Oscar Visits Walt, a musical play about the meeting of two gay poets, Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman.
WILDE TALES (Quintessence): Where the WILDE things are
Oscar Wilde once wrote to a friend that his two books of fairy tales were intended “partly for children and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of…
OSCAR WILDE: FROM THE DEPTHS (Lantern): A love that dared not speak its mind
With his brilliant work and tragic arc, Oscar Wilde remains a fascinating figure.
Chatting with the Lantern’s Charles McMahon about his new play on Oscar Wilde
Charles McMahon discusses the inspiration, themes, and format of his new play on Oscar Wilde, prior to its world premiere with Lantern Theater Company.
MICKLE STREET (Walnut): There is more to life than theatrics
Philadelphia playwright Michael Whistler’s latest play, Mickle Street, shows Oscar Wilde, 27, searching for an identity and seeking out advice from older poet Walt Whitman.
OSCAR (Opera Philadelphia): High notes and low in the life of Oscar Wilde
We see the tragedy of Oscar Wilde’s life played out creatively and movingly in OSCAR, a thoughtfully crafted opera by Theodore Morrison and John Cox,
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Mauckingbird): 60-second review
Gender roles play an essential part in much classic literature. How many complex pre-1900 plots would be instantly resolved if a woman could just marry whomever she chose and live…
Wilde’s curious SALOME at Villanova Theatre
They only believe in things that can’t be seen. Oscar Wilde’s witty drawing room comedies are well known to theatergoers. SALOME, an experimental modernist piece banned for many years from…
