David Mamet

Broadway Looks at Racism in the Obama Era

David Finkle | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


David Finkle

Of the 35 productions running or opening shortly -- including Hamlet and Patrick Marber's After Miss Julie -- at least 10 offerings have a rainbow-coalition hue.

Broadway Revivals Founder on Brighton Beach

David Finkle | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York


David Finkle

Too often the only review that counts is the Times pronouncement via Ben Brantley or Charles Isherwood. This time Brantley's response was not what's known as "a money notice."

Bill Pullman Does Oleanna

Regina Weinreich | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment


Regina Weinreich

As with all Mamet's plays, the subject is language, the rapid fire staccato of one liners and half completed words that make up contemporary conversation, confrontation, and conflict.

Who Needs the Olympics? Consolation Reading for Chicago Lovers

Adam Hanft | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books


Adam Hanft

Chicago is an Olympian city when it comes to literature and the arts. And what better time than now to remind us? Here's a sampling of some of those triumphs of the sedentary.

New Rule: Oys In The Attic

Bill Maher | Posted 09.18.2009 | Comedy


Bill Maher

Do You Know the Muffin Man? Yes, He Lives Down the Block

David Finkle | Posted 09.17.2009 | New York


David Finkle

If it hadn't been for Karen, the mailperson, I still wouldn't know about The Muffin House and its importance to history and to my block, West 20th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues.

James Spader Set For Mamet On Broadway

AP | Posted 06.13.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — James Spader is trading in Boston for Broadway. Producer Jeffrey Richards says the star of TV's "Boston Legal" as well as the film "...

When Is a Lawyer Not a Lawyer? When She Acts

Jim Luce | Posted 06.08.2009 | Style


Jim Luce

Making a career in acting is a challenging prospect. What makes Anouk Dutruit's ambitions even more invigorating is her other career. By day and international lawyer, by night an actor.

A Year In David Mamet's Marketplace

Rob Warmowski | Posted 04.11.2009 | Chicago


Rob Warmowski

One year ago, Mamet wrote of his transformation from a "brain-dead liberal" to a person who sees the country mainly as a "marketplace." I can't help but ask: how's that free market working out?

Jeremy Piven: The Un-American Cop-Out

Tom Gregory | Posted 01.23.2009 | Entertainment


Tom Gregory

Piven's abrupt departure from Speed the Plow was a low in the history of Broadway. Every actor who ever uttered the edict "the show must go on" rolled his eyes, or rolled over in his grave.

Mamet and Mercury

Kate Kelly | Posted 01.20.2009 | Green


Kate Kelly

While there may be a back story that prompted David Mamet to make his remark about Jeremy Piven, his comment is wildly inappropriate in that it makes light of a very serious environmental problem.

UPDATED: Jeremy Piven Quits Broadway, "Extreme Mercury Toxicity"

Variety, ET | Posted 01.18.2009 | Entertainment


***Alarming update from Piven's doctor below about his high mercury toxicity, the symptoms and the possible causes*** From Variety: Jeremy Piven will...

Jason Linkins

Blagojevich Scandal A Font Of Creative Inspiration

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.11.2009 | Media


Yesterday, I made mention of how neatly this whole unfolding Blagojevich scandal seemed to neatly intersect with so many cultural referents. An inves...

My Take on Blagojevich

David Mamet | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics


David Mamet

I am from Chicago, and, so, having been disillusioned with politics at an early age I do not become involved. The only reason I vote is because they pay me.

Some Critics Enjoy Shooting 'Buffalo'

Robert Loerzel | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago


Robert Loerzel

It's worth remembering that critics did not greet American Buffalo with universal acclaim when it first appeared in 1975.

Star Vehicle 'American Buffalo' Closes On Broadway

AP | Posted 12.25.2008 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — "American Buffalo" has come _ and gone. The revival of the David Mamet play starring John Leguizamo, Cedric the Entertainer and Hale...

A Modest Proposal

Pres. Charles H.P. Smith, aka David Mamet | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics


Pres. Charles H.P. Smith, aka David Mamet

What about if, in our ongoing contest of seemingly irreconcilable differences, instead of our interminable "legislative process," each side merely elected a Champion, and they "spun the dreidl?"

The Electoral Season

Pres. Charles H.P. Smith, aka David Mamet | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics


Pres. Charles H.P. Smith, aka David Mamet

My opponents are yapping at my heels. I have been asked if I wish them ill. No, I do not wish them ill. If I wished them ill I would withdraw from the race. For this job, finally, is an unmitigated pain in the ass.

David Mamet On His Political New Play And Hillary

NY Mag | Boris Kachka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


When the star of The Producers decides to play a U.S. president in a Broadway play written by David Mamet (November, opening January 17), is it any wo...

Jessica Alba Broadway Bound? Mamet Play Courts Starlet

NY Post | Michael Riedel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Jessica Alba may be following in Madonna's footsteps. The sexy star of "The Fantastic Four" is being courted to star in a Broadway revival of David M...