‘Red’: Alfred Molina as Mark Rothko
When you enter the John Golden Theatre to see “Red” by John Logan, the curtain is up, and Alfred Molina is already on stage in character as the painter Mark Rothko. Molina is seated in a chair, staring...
View ArticleNotes on a preview of Theresa Rebeck’s ‘Seminar’
Alan Rickman’s latest Broadway vehicle isn’t a musical but near the end of “Seminar” he gets an “aria” that stops the show. It’s a purely verbal interlude — a famous novelist and journalist spelling...
View ArticleErnest Borgnine, R.I.P.
Like everyone else, I was saddened to learn of the death of Ernest Borgnine at the age of 95 yesterday. An amazingly versatile actor, Borgnine worked right up to the end. In the fall of 2010, he...
View ArticleCatching up with Julianne Moore’s taboo performance
The angriest phone call I’ve ever received from a reader came after I praised David O. Russell’s 1994 debut film “Spanking the Monkey” and mentioned in passing that the story included a darkly comic...
View Article‘Art’/’Red’– two sides of the art world
It’s not easy staging two different plays at the same time, but Westport Country Playhouse artistic director Mark Lamos believes that opening his new season with “Art” and “Red” running in repertory...
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