Topic: Douglas Carter Beane
How to put butts in theater seats?. . That question has been around since the toga-clad days of Aristophanes, who, as it happens, is making a...
All the world's a stage.. That notion, famously immortalized in "As You Like It," has been top of mind lately.. And not simply because two...
A blessed event has landed on Broadway. "Sister Act," which opened last night, is a feel-good crowd-pleaser worth celebrating. Here are 10 reasons...
It's a question that's asked constantly: Do Broadway critics matter when chat rooms, blogs and Twitter make everyone a critic?. Well, it sure seems...
Halfway through Douglas Carter Beane's wobbly-legged frolic Mr. & Mrs. Fitch, something of crashing import finally occurs: Their repartee is swift (and Swiftian); their references are dense (and occasionally Cowardesque). But dramaturgically, Beane fails to establish stakes, transitions or even operable beats; at one point Mrs. Fitch (Ehle) bluntly telegraphs the importance of an impending phone ...
Public play readings seem to be gaining favor. Tennessee Repertory Theatre's "REPaloud" is a new play-reading series focusing on contemporary works, and first up is this 2007 Tony Award-nominated piece by Douglas Carter Beane, which follows the adventures of Mitchell Green ...