'Carrie,' unburied Oct 28, 2009
CARRIE" got one de cent review, from The Post's Clive Barnes (the man knew a good score when he heard one). Clive died just a year ago, and his friends and colleagues are going to remember him at a tribute Monday. The event, which starts at 3 p.m. at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater, is open to the public. Seating is limited. Speakers include Edward Albee, John Simon, Paul Taylor, Anna Kisselgoffand John Cullum. I'm hosting. Clive was a delight, and we're going to have some fun in his... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Playwright Sarah Ruhl has works set for Boston, Broadway Oct 11, 2009
Edward Albee went through it. So I don t have any delusions of grandeur or think of my career as a linear thing. (Boston Globe)
Star power for ‘Playground’ Sep 30, 2009
Albee allows 'Woolf ' production After a few days of desperate last-minute negotiations, playwright Edward Albee has changed course and decided to allow the Publick Theatre to stage his play Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Just over a week ago, the 81-year-old Albee had rejected the Publick s licensing request, even though the theater was already rehearsing the show and planned to start performances tomorrow night. (Boston Globe)
How Vedder survived Pearl Jam's success Sep 18, 2009
" In fact, the early days of the band owed everything to chance. One was sending a tape to ex-Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons in the hope he might join them. Instead Irons passed the tape to Vedder, a basketball buddy who sometimes sung in a San Diego band. Vedder mailed the tape back to Seattle, lyrics added which told stories about a man who discovers his father isn't his real father and embarks on an Oedipal murderous rampage. The band thought they were funny. They didn't realise they were... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Many fall theater productions are tied to films Sep 13, 2009
The Publick Theatre Boston will present Edward Albee s scorching drama of marital combat, Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. which memorably pitted Taylor against Burton in the 1966 movie directed by Mike Nichols. (Boston Globe)
Labor Day Full of Plays in Lenox Sep 4, 2009
It is the 15th year Shakespeare ny has taken on the energetic enterprise, this year tapping into the talents of such entertainment luminaries as Olympia Dukakis, who gave a special performance on Monday, and Sharon actor Campbell Scott, who will read in a reprise of Edward Albee's "The Goat, or, Who is Sylvia?" on Monday ... "I am reading 'The Goat,' by Edward Albee, which is a relatively controversial play. I have done a reading of it before and remain fascinated by it." In the play, Mr. Albee... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Critics' picks - theater Aug 16, 2009
Edward Albee s tragicomedy inspires fine performances, especially from Anne Gottlieb. As a woman whose world is turned upside down when her husband falls in love with a cud-chewing member of the animal kingdom, Gottlieb is a spellbinding portrait in grief, rage, and resolution. (Boston Globe)
‘The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?’ at Gloucester Stage Aug 13, 2009
Edward Albee is one of the best at chewing up and spitting out comic dramas about the chaos, crises, and fragility of human relationships. (Remember Burton and Taylor in the film of the Albee classic Who s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. (Boston Globe)
Arts: the week ahead Aug 13, 2009
This tragicomedy by Edward Albee inspires fine performances, especially from Anne Gottlieb. As a woman whose world is turned upside down when her husband falls in love with a cud-chewing member of the animal kingdom, Gottlieb is a spellbinding portrait in grief, rage, and resolution. (Boston Globe)
‘The Goat’ goes from farce to tragedy at Gloucester Stage Aug 12, 2009
Anne Gottlieb as Stevie and Robert Pemberton as Martin in Gloucester Stage Company s production of Edward Albee s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia ... GLOUCESTER - When Edward Albee is at his best, no one is more pitiless and penetrating in exposing the lies we tell ourselves in the name of social propriety ... Play by Edward Albee. (Boston Globe)
Bleakness clouds ‘What Is the Cause of Thunder’ Jul 29, 2009
There are additional echoes of Christopher Durang, Edward Albee, Tennessee Williams, even Thornton Wilder, but Haidle isn t able to push past his influences into original territory. Faced with a play that stubbornly refuses to connect, the audience can at least take pleasure in the production. (Boston Globe)
Uncompromising rebel with an artistic cause Jun 26, 2009
"I just want to see great plays" Edward Albee, methodical and vigilant at 81, champions arts education and the supremacy of playwrights ... Former US president Bill Clinton, conferring national honours on America's three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward Albee, said the playwright had "dared us to look at ourselves in the same stark light he turned on our fears, our failings and our dreams". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Kutcher In The Wry Jun 17, 2009
Edward Albee spoke movingly of Murray, who gave memorable performances in Albee's "The Play About the Baby" and "Me, Myself and I.". Albee said that Murray isn't the kind of actor who "resembles" the characters he plays, but that the characters he plays come to "resemble" him. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Edward Albee's New Menagerie Jun 16, 2009
Playwright Edward Albee has revisited his seminal work "The Zoo Story" and added layers of complexity by making it the second act of a full length drama ... Edward Albee s Zoo Story and it's prequel ... Edward Albee burst upon the theater world 51 years ago with a one-act existential drama titled "The Zoo Story," the tale of a random encounter between two men in Central Park that ends in murder or perhaps more accurately, assisted suicide. (Suite101.com)
Frameline favorites Jun 16, 2009
To paraphrase Edward Albee (who appears in "Making the Boys"), who's afraid of "Boys in the Band?" Everyone, it seems. Mart Crowley's play was both groundbreaking and controversial from the start, at first because it was all about (gasp. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Edward Albee writes prequel to 'Zoo Story' Jun 1, 2009
Edward Albee writes prequel to 'Zoo Story ... Edward Albee writes prequel to 'Zoo Story ... "I thought 'The Zoo Story' was OK but slightly one-sided, all about Jerry and not a lot about Peter. I thought it would be better if we knew more about Peter," Edward Albee says of his first play. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Hudson Keynotes May 23, 2009
Billed as An Evening of Theater of the Absurd, the plays are spoofs, comedies and satire, and include The Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov; Medea by Christopher Durang and Wendy Wasserstein, Catastrophe by Samuel Beckett; The Sandbox by Edward Albee and the Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco. Thursday, May 28 performance is at 7 p.m.; Friday and Satrday, May 29 and 30 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, May 31 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and students. (Hudson Sun, MA)
Summer events listings May 17, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
What is a Monologue? May 1, 2009
American playwright Edward Albee is quite well known for his use of long and complex monologues, well illustrated in plays like The Play About the Baby and The Zoo Story. Monologues as Plays in Themselves. (Suite101.com)
Price, Boyle inducted into exclusive academy Apr 15, 2009
Upon the official ceremony in May, they will enter a 250-member club that has included Henry Adams, Mark Twain and Mark Rothko, and currently features Edward Albee, Philip Glass and Toni Morrison. Artists are encouraged to serve on committees that award prizes, but there is no responsibility beyond agreeing to join. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Scenes from the American uncivil war Apr 3, 2009
" Much of LaBute's notoriety rests on his film about misogyny and manipulation, In The Company Of Men, as well as his fine plays The Shape Of Things, Bash and Fat Pig. He does not shy away from hard truths. His 2002 play, The Distance From Here, explores the disenchantment of American suburbia and the cycle of neglect. It has its Australian premiere tonight for Griffin Theatre Company in a production directed by John Sheedy, who travels to New York this year to assist Edward Albee direct his new... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Clothes make the (wo)man, but not the musical Mar 25, 2009
The choice of play on her part honors a commitment to adventuresome repertoire shared by her friend and exact contemporary Maggie Smith, who was herself last seen in London several years ago in an Edward Albee play, "The Lady From Dubuque," that divided opinion as "Madame de Sade" is sure to do. Some early commentators have seemed personally affronted by the absence from a play informed by the misdeeds of the Marquis de Sade of the very miscreant who allowed the word "sadism" into the language. (International Herald Tribune)
Playwright Profile - Chris Craddock Mar 17, 2009
Probably a three-way tie between Daniel MacIvor, Edward Albee, and Tracey Lett. What one play do you think everyone should read or see. (Suite101.com)
Playwright Profile - Michael Schola... Mar 14, 2009
Playwright Profile - Michael Scholar Jr. Bringing Hard Core Logo to the Stage in 2010. Playwright Profile - Michael Scholar Jr.. (Suite101.com)
Today in History Mar 12, 2009
Today's Birthdays: Playwright Edward Albee is 81. Former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young is 77. (Yahoo News)
Playing against the odds Feb 28, 2009
It has been hailed as so much in the Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee tradition that it will be interesting to see, when the Melbourne Theatre Company does it in May, whether it looks like a pastiche or a free-standing object. In direct competition with Murray-Smith in the new comedy category is Neil LaBute's Fat Pig. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Festival considers O'Neill in the 21st century Feb 26, 2009
"Here's an author who was very much formed in the 19th century and defined American drama in the 20th century. I wanted to see if these plays are still relevant in the 21st century."His work is hard, and his work is tough, and it tends to be pessimistic, but I look at O'Neill as an artist for all time," he said. Falls, who has previously mounted festivals celebrating the work of Edward Albee, David Mamet, August Wilson and Horton Foote, said it took only 18 months to assemble the offerings,... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Jolie's refugee comment stirs debate in Thailand Feb 16, 2009
WASHINGTON - You won't find Edward Albee in the theater on opening night for one of his plays. MUSIC NEWS. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Anne Hathaway, Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson Feb 14, 2009
You won't find Edward Albee in the theater on opening night for one of his plays. So, where is the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Edward Albee sees a movie on opening night Feb 13, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - You won't find Edward Albee in the theater on opening night for 1 of his plays. So, where is the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright. (KOLD.com, AZ)
Robert Anderson, 91; wrote 'Tea and Sympathy,' other plays Feb 11, 2009
"Summer " and "I Never Sang" were directed by Alan Schneider, a leading interpreter of Edward Albee, Harold Pinter, and Samuel Beckett. In 1967, Mr. Anderson scored his second Broadway hit, a series of four one-act comedies (also directed by Schneider) about a playwright who is having a hard time reconciling his own prudishness with his desire to write honestly about sex. (Boston Globe)
Books: Review: Joseph P. Kennedy Presents Feb 8, 2009
His cruel treatment of the notoriously cruel impresario Edward Albee ("Didn't you know, Ed? You're washed up, you're through") helped extend his conquests to the point where the columnist Louella Parsons declared Kennedy "the Napoleon of the movies." Within days of adding First National to his empire, he fired more than a score of executives and producers. When he turned his green eyeshades toward the actors, Loretta Young got to stay; Mary Astor did not. (International Herald Tribune)
