“Chicago has always been a city with an exceptionally vibrant theater scene – arguably as exciting, if not as commercially successful, as New York’s. Malkovich’s return is a reminder of the many talented actors and writers – Gary Sinise, David Mamet, John C. Reilly – who got their start here. But it’s also been a city of ensembles, rather than stars – a town known for collaboration, rather than cutthroat competition (among theater companies, at least). And its audiences are still unusually quick to embrace edgy, untested fare.”
Tag: 05.06.05
A Broadway With Substance… (Who Knew?)
Broadway has some meaty new plays this season. “Significant new works by August Wilson, Michael Frayn and Donald Margulies were produced on the Great White Way this season, and the two new plays still on the boards, John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt” and Martin McDonagh’s “Pillowman,” are causing the kind of excitement among audiences that is usually reserved for overproduced and overhyped musicals.”
The Booker’s New Prize For Translators
Organizers of the Booker Prize have announced a new award for translators. “The £15,000 honour has been created to recognise the role translators play in bringing fiction to a world audience. The author of a work translated into English will collect the new award, and decide who should win if several people were involved in the translation.”