Theater and Dance
A turn toward history we need: Paris Commune at the Public Theater in New York
By Sandy English, June 4, 2008
Paris Commune, written by Steven Cosson and J. Michael Friedman, directed by Steven Cosson, and performed by The Civilians at the Public Lab Series Workshop at the Public Theater in New York City, Apr...
Adding Machine: Musical version of a 1920s play reverberates in the 21st century
By Peter Daniels, April 12, 2008
The musical adaptation of an 85-year-old play by American writer Elmer Rice has drawn praise from critics and a strong response from theatergoers in New York City, where it opened in February. “...
Trevor Griffiths’ These are the Times: a Life of Thomas Paine
A great film yet to be made
By Ann Talbot, February 21, 2008
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082979/
Works by Trevor Griffiths
February 21, 2008
1969
An interview with playwright Trevor Griffiths
By Ann Talbot, February 21, 2008
Trevor Griffiths has just published a screenplay for a film about the life of the eighteenth century revolutionary Thomas Paine. He wrote the screenplay for the film Reds with Warren Beatty and has a ...
Trying to understand
The Death of Margaret Thatcher—a play by Tom Green
By Paul Bond, February 14, 2008
Tom Green’s The Death of Margaret Thatcher, at the Courtyard Theatre, London N1, through March 2
Hotel Obsino: inner-city poverty and despair
By Richard Phillips, December 11, 2007
Hotel Obsino, written and directed by Adam Broinowksi, was staged at this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival, an alternative annual arts festival held for three weeks in late September.
To explore another level of society
Hotel Obsino writer Adam Broinowski speaks with WSWS
By Richard Phillips, December 11, 2007
Writer and director Adam Broinowski spoke with the World Socialist Web Site about Hotel Obsino, which was recently staged at the La Mama Theatre as part of this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival....
Letters on Brian Wilson
November 19, 2007
The following correspondence was sent to the World Socialist Web Site in response to the article, “An evening with Brian Wilson” and two subsequent letters, posted here and here.
An Evening with Brian Wilson
The Palace Theatre in Manchester, England—September 23, 2007
By Robert Stevens, October 24, 2007
I have wanted to see Brian Wilson for a long time and got the chance to do so September 23 when he played Manchester, England on his latest tour.
The Kingdom: Spinning reality any way one wants
By Hiram Lee, October 22, 2007
Directed by Peter Berg, screenplay by Matthew Carnahan
Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia
By Peter Daniels, April 21, 2007
Tom Stoppard’s trilogy The Coast of Utopia, near the end of its six-month run at Lincoln Center’s Beaumont Theater in New York City, is an unusual theatrical event. The aim of these three ...
