Extra Drama for 'Otello': Can He Do It?
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To Met fans who had grown used to the baritonal colorings of PlÃ¡cido Domingo's Otello, Ben Heppner's true-tenor sound will be a revelation.
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When the Lincoln Center  Theater presents a new work by Tom Stoppard, it means one thing  for theatergoers:
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Gabriel Byrne spends much of his new drama planted in a chair, engaged in dialogue with whomever occupies the sofa facing him. He has plenty to say, but what distinguishes his performance is something else he must do: express the act of listening.
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Before I talk about "August: Osage County," and what is astonishing about this play, I want to start by stating the obvious. Playwrights don't go to the theater like other people. We don't go on our anniversaries or birthdays; we don't go because a play got a good review. (Most of us have stopped reading reviews, [...].
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In the best of circumstances silence during a good performance becomes something palpable, not just an absence of noise. Involved audiences can shout approval without making a sound.
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A controversial new opera about Libya's  flamboyant leader Muammar Gaddafi blasted opera buffs out of  their seats at its world premiere, but music critics asked --  Where was the singing?
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If it wins Best Drama for the fifth time, it&#39;ll be the all-time leader in that category. It has won four straight. &quot;The Sopranos&quot; is hoping to break &quot;The West Wing&#39;s&quot; streak and win its first Best Drama award.
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The Old Vic's revival of  Eugene O'Neill's 1947 drama "A Moon for the Misbegotten" is a  powerful demonstration of how superlative acting -- in this  case by Kevin Spacey, Eve Best and Colm Meaney -- can elevate a  flawed play so that the whole thing resembles a masterpiece.
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Arts & entertainment: The thirtysomething drama is under siege from crime shows. TV writer Danny Brocklehurst on why shaky love lives and make for proper drama.
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The Metropolitan Operaâs current production of âCarmenâ offers a kind of tension: between the essential actions of the story and the gaily bustling pageantry of Franco Zeffirelliâs 1996 staging.
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For Silvio Berlusconi, a starring role in politics and business may not be enough. Italy's media magnate prime minister is now reported to be considering a flirt with the silver screen.
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If the people won&#39;t go to the opera, bring the opera to them - and when they least expect it. In a somewhat unorthodox addition to its autumn television schedules, the BBC has announced that next month it
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The actor-director delivers another soul-stirring film.
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The great and fateful question has long been in the air: now, with the death-bed dramas over at last, it occupies centre stage. Not just who will follow him, but, in a larger sense, what?
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Theater that invites the audience to get in on the act may be poised to become a more prominent component of the theatrical scene.
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Itâs always an event when a tenor takes on Otello for the first time at the Metropolitan Opera.
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In London, new productions of âOthelloâ and âMuch Ado About Nothingâ reveal a common theme: loveâs susceptibility to deception.