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Henrik Ibsen

Notes on London Theater

Carla Seaquist | Posted 02.13.2013 | Arts
Carla Seaquist

As a playwright, I relish the abundance of serious drama on offer in what many consider the theater capital of the world; I also admire how seriously Londoners take their theater.

"Is Humanity Suicidal?"

Lyric Hughes Hale | Posted 01.30.2013 | Green
Lyric Hughes Hale

Despite the evidence of climate change that is all around us, why don't we change our personal behaviors, and our public policies?

'An Enemy of the People' -- Henrik Ibsen and Modern-Day Politics

Carey Purcell | Posted 12.10.2012 | Arts
Carey Purcell

Its overall impact is a solemn one, weighed with the somber recognition that when it comes to political corruption and public knowledge, not that much has changed in the past 100 years.

'An Enemy of the People' on Broadway

Kevin Sessums | Posted 12.03.2012 | Entertainment
Kevin Sessums

In this season of American politics it was especially engaging to witness Ibsen's political engagement of some of the same arguments we are still having in the 21st century -- the tyranny of the majority, and even the morality of trickle-down economics.

Couple Together In Life And Onstage

AP | By MARK KENNEDY | Posted 09.11.2012 | Arts

NEW YORK -- Few people should be able to accuse Boyd Gaines and Kathleen McNenny of not having any onstage chemistry. That's because it's undeniable i...

German Composer Heiner Goebbels Wins Ibsen Prize

AP | Posted 03.20.2012 | Arts

OSLO, Norway -- German composer and music director Heiner Goebbels has won the International Ibsen Award for creating new insights in theater that hav...

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

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
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.