Monthly Archives: November 2023
Waiting for Godot: The New Yorker
Written on November 27, 2023 at 5:49 pm, by Angela Renzi
“Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” directed by Arin Arbus—who’s always up to something you want to see—is often set aside as an example of onstage philosophizing, all cerebral existentialism, with none of the comforts of conventional plot. But in the hands of Arbus, along with Michael Shannon, who plays Estragon, and Paul Sparks, who plays…Read More »
Waiting for Godot Review: Observer
Written on November 27, 2023 at 5:49 am, by Angela Renzi
“MICHAEL SHANNON AND PAUL SPARKS…THE POWERHOUSE DUO… ARE WELL WORTH WAITING FOR GODOT…Shannon and Sparks blend their idiosyncratic styles so ingeniously with the text, they give it uncommon clarity. Arbus and her actors achieve a dynamic and even heartfelt production of a classic. I’m grateful to this keen director and her phenomenal actors—and promise not…Read More »
Waiting for Godot: New York Magazine
Written on November 26, 2023 at 5:38 pm, by Angela Renzi
“WIT AND HUMANITY…REMARKABLY LIBERATING…Arin Arbus’s Waiting for Godot feels vigorous and down-to-earth. As a duo, Sparks and Shannon have all the chemistry you would hope for…they light up. They play easily with each other, and they render Beckett’s heightened text extremely legible. Naidu as Pozzo, sketches a clear satire of power. Lucky speaks only once…Read More »
Michael Boyd, 68, Who Invigorated the Royal Shakespeare Company, Dies
Written on November 15, 2023 at 3:21 am, by Jennifer Lam
Read the full obituary in The New York Times. Michael Boyd, who led the Royal Shakespeare Company as artistic director from 2002 to 2012, a decade in which he stabilized the organization while undertaking ambitious projects including a heralded New York residency and the mounting of the un-Shakespearean hit show “Matilda the Musical,” died on…Read More »
Waiting for Godot Review: New York Magazine
Written on November 14, 2023 at 4:14 pm, by Angela Renzi
“WIT AND HUMANITY…REMARKABLY LIBERATING…Arin Arbus’s Waiting for Godot feels vigorous and down-to-earth. As a duo, Sparks and Shannon have all the chemistry you would hope for…they light up. They play easily with each other, and they render Beckett’s heightened text extremely legible. Naidu as Pozzo, sketches a clear satire of power. Lucky speaks only once…Read More »
Waiting for Godot Review: Daily Beast
Written on November 13, 2023 at 4:20 pm, by Angela Renzi
“EXCELLENT PRODUCTION…RIVETING…Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks bring a bracing comedic energy that makes sense of the play’s various absurdities and resonant depth. It’s a rare production that you want to carry on waiting for Godot with Didi and Gogo, but this is one.” Read more from The Daily Beast here. Waiting for Godot is now playing through…Read More »