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The death of the director Peter Bogdanovich caught me by surprise and saddened me yesterday. The New York Times obituary by Margalit Fox captures something of the vagaries of his life and career. In my memory he will always be the boy wonder who arrived seemingly out of nowhere with the brilliant black and white throwbacks The Last Picture Show (with the unforgettable performances of Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman)
Jack Serio directs Rita Kalnejais' drama.
The production by Ruth Stage has moved plans for the revival to Summer 2022.
Meryl Streep strikes me as one of the nicest people you'd ever want to meet. Also one of the great actresses, but her down-to-earth quality is what struck me in "Theater of War," a documentary about the Public Theater's 2006 production of Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and Her Children" in Central Park. She rehearses, she works with the composer, she never raises her voice, she endures full-dress rehearsals during a heat wave. The only complaint she has is that it's not a good idea for audiences to see a performance in "process," because the work...
If you see “Drive My Car,” which you should, you might be curious about Anton Chekhov. He's the writer everyone’s wrestling with in rehearsal, and in spirit, as they go about their Chekhovian lives.