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Getting to Know Sir Derek Jacobi -- an Interview With BAM's King Lear

Lily Bevan | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: King Lear, Donmar Warehouse, Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Theater, Shakespeare, Sir Derek Jacobi, Actors, New York Theater, London Theater, Bam, Film Acting, Laurence Olivier, Theater Acting, Arts News
Lily Bevan

All the rhythm is artificially created in a film -- in the theatre when the curtain goes up you are your own man, and it's terrifying -- there's no safety net.

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Stage Door: King Lear

Fern Siegel | Posted 07.15.2011

Read More: Donmar Warehouse, Entertainment, Theater, Gina McKee, Shakespeare, Bam, Derek Jacobi, Off-Broadway, Michael Grandage, Arts News
Fern Siegel

Set on a bare stage at BAM's Harvey Theater, King Lear, as directed by Michael Grandage, is a straightforward, accessible production of the popular Shakespeare play.

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First Nighter: Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine "Passion" Gives Passion a Bad Name

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A Little Night Music, David Thaxton, Terry Jardine, Stephen Sondheim, Barbara Cook, Neil Austin, Sweeney Todd, Christopher Oram, Nick Lidster, James Lapine, Passione D'Amore, Donmar Warehouse, Jonathan Tunick, Passion, Scarlett Strallen, Scott Ambler, Roundabout, Obsession, Film Review, Relationships, Broadway, Film, Soundtracks, Love, Entertainment News
David Finkle

Passion is a depiction of romantic obsession and the subtly destructive ends to which romantic obsession can lead -- all of it outfitted with somber, totally humorless Sondheim songs.

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London Theater on my Mind

Barbara Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mamma Mia!. The History Boys, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Frost/Nixon, Donmar Warehouse, London Theater, Miss Saigon, Covent Garden, Billy Elliot the Musical, National Theatre, The Phantom of the Opera, War Horse, Entertainment News
Barbara Isenberg

Every year, I go to London to get my theater fix. My small group of fellow theater lovers in tow, I hit six shows in eight days, and it never seems too much.

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Jude Law To Tackle Hamlet Onstage

Playbill | John Nathan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jude Law, West End, Hamlet, Donmar Warehouse, Kenneth Branagh, Entertainment News

Michael Grandage, artistic director of London's Donmar Warehouse, the theatrical powerhouse behind Frost/Nixon, has announced that beginning in Septem...

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