Reviews and Features

Extreme Theater: Wake-Up Calls From the 1600s
A feature on John Ford and our production of The Broken Heart, The New York Times, January 27, 2012

A Matter of Voice
A profile on the work of Cicely Berry, Voice Director, Royal Shakespeare Company, with Fiasco Theater and our current production of Cymbeline, The Wall Street Journal, August 31, 2011

Six Actors No Longer in Search of a Play
A profile on Fiasco Theater, creators of our 2011 production of Cymbeline, The New York Times, August 31, 2011

Cicely Berry, voice coach to the stars
A profile on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s legendary voice coach and the Theatre’s Artistic Council Member, The Guardian, July 24, 2011

Theater Talkback: Highlights From a Decade of Watching Shakespeare
Charles Isherwood lists his “most cherished” Shakespeare performances, The New York Times, July 21, 2011

Building Stratford-upon-Manhattan
An interview with RSC artistic director Michael Boyd, The Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2011

Royal Shakespeare Company sets the stage for six-week stay in New York
RSC Artistic Director Michael Boyd discusses Shakespeare in America, The Guardian, June 30, 2011

The Deed is Done, The Doers Undone
The New York Times reviews Macbeth, March 26, 2011

Shylock’s legacy, and what Shakespeare saw
The Boston Globe interviews Jeffrey Horowitz about The Merchant of Venice, January 25, 2011

What Price a Pound of Flesh?
The New York Times reviews The Merchant of Venice, March 4, 2011

Simply Shakespeare, No Tangled Web
The New York Times reviews Cymbeline, January 17, 2011

Dostoyevsky’s ‘Sick Man’ Hits YouTube
The New York Times reviews Notes From Underground, November 12, 2010

Shakespeare’s Sonnets Get a Turn on the Stage
The New York Times reviews Love Is My Sin, April 2, 2010

Another Public Figure Succumbing to Lust
The New York Times reviews Measure for Measure, February 16, 2010

A Rising Director’s Medium-Security Side Project
A feature on Arin Arbus, The New York Times, February 9, 2010

Kate Forbes and John Douglas Thompson Presented with Callaway Awards
Playbill.com, January 8, 2010

A Threesome: Husband, Wife, Shakespeare
A feature on Christian Camargo and Juliet Rylance, The New York Times, January 5, 2010

Theatre for a New Audience in Critics’ “Best of” Lists (PDF)

Because John Douglas Thompson Stole the Show- Twice
A feature on John Douglas Thompson, New York Magazine, December 13, 2009

To Be Determined
A feature on Founding Artistic Director Jeffrey Horowitz, American Theatre Magazine, December 2009

Orpheus X
Variety reviews Orpheus X, December 7, 2009

Orpheus X
Time Out New York reviews Orpheus X, December 10-16, 2009

Norbert Leo Butz and Amy Ryan in Bond’s Saved, directed by Robert WoodruffRobert Stattel and Miriam Healy-Louie in Titus Andronicus, directed by Julie Taymor. Photo by Ken Van Sickel.LisaGay Hamilton in Adrienne Kennedy’s Ohio State Murders.  Photo by Gerry Goodstein.Mark Rylance in Measure for Measure. Photo by John Tramper.Peter Calander in Julie Taymor’s The
Tempest.
Photo by Ken Van Sickel
Happy Journey of an Actor as Tragic Hero
A feature on actor John Douglas Thompson (Othello), The New York Times, October 4, 2009
Surrounded by So Many, One Soul Remains Alone
The New York Times reviews Hamlet, March 31, 2009
Love Curdled Through a Malevolent Scheme
The New York Times reviews Othello, February 24, 2009
Chair
Variety reviews Chair, by Edward Bond, December 10, 2008
His Word is Bond
A Feature on Robert Woodruff, director of Chair, Time Out New York, December 11, 2008
By the Brook
A Feature on Peter Brook, director of The Grand Inquisitor, Time Out New York, October 30, 2008
The Grand Inquisitor
Variety reviews The Grand Inquisitor, October 30, 2008
Holy Man and Holier in a Battle for Power
The New York Times reviews The Grand Inquisitor, October 30, 2008
Queen of the Nile as Victorian subject
The Star-Ledger reviews Antony and Cleopatra, April 5, 2008
The 2008 Tony® Connection (PDF format)
Theatre for a New Audience Alumni Win at the Tonys
Oroonoko
Time Out New York reviews Oroonoko, February 2008
Slavery as Seen From the Other Side
A Feature on Biyi Bandele, author Oroonoko, The New York Times, February 17, 2008
Best of Year Acclaim for Theatre for a New Audience (PDF)
Various Publications, December 2007
A College Is Stalked by an Attitude
The New York Times reviews The Ohio State Murders, November 7, 2007
Accolades for Ohio State Murders (PDF Format)
Various awards and nominations
What She Learned From Her Alma Mater
A Feature on Adrienne Kennedy, author of Ohio State Murders, The New York Times, November 4, 2007
A Twist on ‘Oliver Twist’
The New York Sun reviews Oliver Twist, April 5, 2007
Neighborhood Report: Park Slope; Gloppy Potatoes and a Little Man Named Oscar
A Feature on F. Murray Abraham’s Visit to a Brooklyn Public School, The New York Times, May 16, 2007
The Merchant of Venice, Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
A four star Review from Theatre for a New Audience’s participation in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Complete Works Festival, The Guardian, March 29, 2007
O, Villain, Villain, Loosed in Elizabethan Minds
The New York Times reviews The Jew of Malta and The Merchant of Venice, February 5, 2007
Maybe He’s Just Not Into You, Helena
The New York Times reviews All’s Well That Ends Well, February 14, 2006
Putting a Bit O’ Bounce into the Dark Comedy
The New York Times reviews Measure for Measure, December 7, 2005
Mixing the Old and the New On Stage: Praising American Classical Theater, Not Burying It
Feature on Founding Artistic Director Jeffrey Horowitz, The New York Times, February 13, 2003
Shakespeare’s Grab Bag, Globally Rendered
The New York Times reviews Cymbeline, January 2, 2002
The Arts: A Melting Pot ‘Cymbeline’ Theatre (PDF Format)
Financial Times reviews Cymbeline, November 26, 2001
The Delights of Diversity
The Independent reviews Cymbeline, November 28, 2001