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 Six Actors No Longer in Search of a Play Cicely Berry, voice coach to the stars Theater Talkback: Highlights From a Decade of Watching Shakespeare Building Stratford-upon-Manhattan Royal Shakespeare Company sets the stage for six-week stay in New York The Deed is Done, The Doers Undone Shylock’s legacy, and what Shakespeare saw What Price a Pound of Flesh? Simply Shakespeare, No Tangled Web Dostoyevsky’s ‘Sick Man’ Hits YouTube Shakespeare’s Sonnets Get a Turn on the Stage Another Public Figure Succumbing to Lust A Rising Director’s Medium-Security Side Project Kate Forbes and John Douglas Thompson Presented with Callaway Awards A Threesome: Husband, Wife, Shakespeare Theatre for a New Audience in Critics’ “Best of” Lists (PDF) Because John Douglas Thompson Stole the Show- Twice To Be Determined Orpheus X Orpheus X |
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Happy Journey of an Actor as Tragic Hero A feature on actor John Douglas Thompson (Othello), The New York Times, October 4, 2009 |
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Surrounded by So Many, One Soul Remains Alone The New York Times reviews Hamlet, March 31, 2009 |
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Love Curdled Through a Malevolent Scheme The New York Times reviews Othello, February 24, 2009 |
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Chair Variety reviews Chair, by Edward Bond, December 10, 2008 |
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His Word is Bond A Feature on Robert Woodruff, director of Chair, Time Out New York, December 11, 2008 |
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By the Brook A Feature on Peter Brook, director of The Grand Inquisitor, Time Out New York, October 30, 2008 |
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The Grand Inquisitor Variety reviews The Grand Inquisitor, October 30, 2008 |
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Holy Man and Holier in a Battle for Power The New York Times reviews The Grand Inquisitor, October 30, 2008 |
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Queen of the Nile as Victorian subject The Star-Ledger reviews Antony and Cleopatra, April 5, 2008 |
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The 2008 Tony® Connection (PDF format) Theatre for a New Audience Alumni Win at the Tonys |
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Oroonoko Time Out New York reviews Oroonoko, February 2008 |
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Slavery as Seen From the Other Side A Feature on Biyi Bandele, author Oroonoko, The New York Times, February 17, 2008 |
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Best of Year Acclaim for Theatre for a New Audience (PDF) Various Publications, December 2007 |
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A College Is Stalked by an Attitude The New York Times reviews The Ohio State Murders, November 7, 2007 |
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Accolades for Ohio State Murders (PDF Format) Various awards and nominations |
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What She Learned From Her Alma Mater A Feature on Adrienne Kennedy, author of Ohio State Murders, The New York Times, November 4, 2007 |
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A Twist on ‘Oliver Twist’ The New York Sun reviews Oliver Twist, April 5, 2007 |
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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 |
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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 |
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O, Villain, Villain, Loosed in Elizabethan Minds The New York Times reviews The Jew of Malta and The Merchant of Venice, February 5, 2007 |
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Maybe He’s Just Not Into You, Helena The New York Times reviews All’s Well That Ends Well, February 14, 2006 |
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Putting a Bit O’ Bounce into the Dark Comedy The New York Times reviews Measure for Measure, December 7, 2005 |
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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 |
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Shakespeare’s Grab Bag, Globally Rendered The New York Times reviews Cymbeline, January 2, 2002 |
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The Arts: A Melting Pot ‘Cymbeline’ Theatre (PDF Format) Financial Times reviews Cymbeline, November 26, 2001 |
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The Delights of Diversity The Independent reviews Cymbeline, November 28, 2001 |