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First Nighter: Sean O'Casey's Silver Tassie a Challenging Lincoln Center Festival Puzzle

David Finkle | Posted 09.26.2011 | Arts
Read More: Druid Theatre Company, Sean O'Casey, The Silver Tassie, Abbey Theatre, New York Theater, Lincoln Center, Arts News
David Finkle

The valiant Galway-based Druid Theatre Company brings the rarely seen piece to the John Jay College's Gerald W. Lynch Theater as part of Lincoln Center Festival 2011.

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First Nighter: Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman Unleashes Acting Blizzard

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Alan Rickman, John Gabriel Borkman, James Macdonald, Private Lives, Fiona Shaw, Harvey Theater, Tom Pye, John Kavanagh, Lindsay Duncan, National Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Cathy Belton, Henrik Ibsen, London Assurance, Eileen Atkins, Paul Schofield, Amy Molloy, Frank McGuinness, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Abbey Theatre, Marty Rea, Richard Eyre, Vanessa Redgrave, Arts News
David Finkle

John Gabriel Borkman is one of the rarely revived Ibsen works, which may be a reason to see it now. On the other hand, this treatment won't serve as a strong argument for its being brought back more often.

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