Category: theatre

“[The playwright’s] Laying an Egg, announced six weeks ago as a centerpiece of the Signature Theater’s 2013-14 season, has been postponed for the second time.”

“I think it might have been possible for us to provoke people into buying tickets, but I was concerned about that. I wanted this play to be a theatrical experience rather than a culture war over religion. … But you know, about 30,000 people will have seen the play over a 6-week run by the time it closes, with a standing ovation every night. In European terms, that’s a huge success.”

“‘Acting,’ said Sir Ralph Richardson, ‘is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.’ Katharine Hepburn was equally dismissive, declaring it ‘the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.'”

“Most of the actors who landed nominations Tuesday morning have been toiling in theater in recent years. The Hollywood actors who made up the 2012-2013 Broadway class? They were almost nowhere to be seen.”

Bette, that’s who. Fiona and Alan, too.

“Ben Folds, the indie-rock songwriter, spent most of Sunday watching people on the streets of New York and thinking about what might make them burst into song. ‘That was my only preparation,’ he said … ‘If you go in with melodies or words and things preconceived you really hang yourself in something like this’.”

“The revival of “Golden Boy” had the most nominations of any play, 8, with the new Tom Hanks play “Lucky Guy” close behind with 6 nominations.”

Inspired by Alan Cumming’s solo performance of the Scottish play, Ron Rosenbaum considers where the three intersect.

“28-year-old [Lucas Treadaway], who gives an astonishing performance as 15-year-old maths genius Christopher Boone, beat off heavyweight competition in the shape of Rupert Everett, James McAvoy, Mark Rylance and Rafe Spall to pick up the prize at the Royal Opera House ceremony.”