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Tag: Tom Stoppard

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New York Reviews: LEOPOLDSTADT and COST OF LIVING:

Toby Zinman October 11, 2022 No Comments

Two meditations on misfortune show us what it is to be “laughing wild amid severest woe.”

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TRAVESTIES (Lantern): A play of ideas married to farce

Toby Zinman September 15, 2022 1 Comment

Tom Stoppard’s newest play Leopoldstadt is coming to New York, and once again he is being talked about as if he were the second coming…

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Bringing Shakespeare to Life: Interview with director Matt Pfeiffer about SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (People’s Light)

Henrik Eger March 10, 2020 No Comments

Matt Pfeiffer talks love of Shakespeare and SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

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HAPGOOD (Lantern): Rising to the challenge of a gleefully complicated spy story

Toby Zinman September 14, 2018 No Comments

Hapgood is not just a spy story, it’s also a physics story

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THE HARD PROBLEM (Wilma): Stoppard makes intelligible intelligence look easy

Christopher Munden January 16, 2016 1 Comment

Tom Stoppard again demonstrates his uncanny ability to make dense philosophical discussions intelligible and dramatically sensible.

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EXCLUSIVE In-depth interview with Sir Tom Stoppard about his life and work

Christopher Munden January 14, 2016 1 Comment

In this exclusive interview, Sir Tom Stoppard shares his thoughts on theater and life.

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Stoppard in Philadelphia: Video of the playwright’s appearance at the Wilma

Christopher Munden December 15, 2015 No Comments

Theater webmagazine Howlround provide this video of a conversation with the internationally renowned playwright.

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A Night With Tom Stoppard: The playwright visits the Wilma to talk about his latest play

Christopher Munden December 9, 2015 No Comments

Tom Stoppard talks THE HARD PROBLEM with cognitive scientist David Chalmers.

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ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (Wilma): A contemporary classic, in three parts

Michael Fisher May 29, 2015 No Comments

Tom Stoppard’s ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD is perhaps the most ubiquitous work of postmodern drama.

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HAMLET (Wilma): Blanka Zizka’s daring production amazes while keeping its distance

Kathryn Osenlund April 6, 2015 No Comments

Not unlike the U.S. Constitution, HAMLET endures partly because its imperfections and spaces allow for different ways to read it.

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Shakespeare vs Stoppard: Exploring the Wilma’s dream pairing of HAMLET and ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

Christopher Munden March 23, 2015 1 Comment

Two of the best plays in the English language share most of the same characters and much of the same dialog. The Wilma is doing them in successive productions.

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Bradley K. Wrenn as Ezra Chater and Nathan Foley as Captain Brice in Lantern Theater Company's production of ARCADIA. Photo by Mark Garvin.
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“The Experiment”, conclusion: ARCADIA (Lantern)

Michael Fisher November 6, 2014 No Comments

Michael Fisher concludes his multi-part review experiment of ARCADIA at the Lantern Theater Company. Was it a success?

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Daniel Fredrick as Valentine Coverly with toroise in Lantern Theater Company's production of ARCADIA. Photo by Mark Garvin.
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“The Experiment”, part 3: ARCADIA (Lantern)

Michael Fisher October 30, 2014 No Comments

Michael Fisher continues his multi-part critical consideration of the Lantern Theater Company’s ARCADIA.

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“The Experiment”, part 2: ARCADIA (Lantern)

Michael Fisher October 21, 2014 No Comments

Part 2 of Michael Fisher’s multi-part, multi-week consideration of ARCADIA at the Lantern.

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“The Experiment”, part 1: ARCADIA (Lantern)

Michael Fisher October 14, 2014 1 Comment

Part One of Michael Fisher’s multi-part critical experiment, reviewing the Lantern Theater Company’s production of ARCADIA several times over its run.

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Photo by Kim Carson.
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“The Experiment”: ARCADIA (Lantern), Introduction to an experiment in criticism

Michael Fisher October 12, 2014 No Comments

Phindie writer Michael Fisher introduces his multi-part critical experiment, using the Lantern’s production of ARCADIA as his guinea pig subject.

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ARCADIA (Lantern): A great play is always timely

Christopher Munden October 3, 2014 No Comments

Stoppard’s genius is to permeate his play with deep philosophical contemplation while using the play to explore those same issues.

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photo by Mark Garvin
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HEROES (Lantern): Quieter guns of August

Christopher Munden May 24, 2013 No Comments

It’s 1959. Two veterans of the Great War sit in silence. HENRI: I love the month of August GUSTAVE: I knew it couldn’t last, the…

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