Criticalrant Aloud discussion of the October 19 screening of The National Theatre Live at the Barbican HAMLET, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, by North Texas arts writer/O’Neill and Annenberg critic fellow Alexandra Bonifield with North Texas regional actor and Bard Buff R. Andrew Aguilar: “Shakespeare’s language is the closest thing we have to the verbal language of … Continue reading
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NT Live’s “Othello”: The Beast in the Desert
NT Live makes good once again on its bold promise of quality, audience-accessible stage performance. London’s incomparable National Theatre offers a contemporary “concept production” of William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy “Othello” that makes the 16th century play feel as if it were written today, as edgy and raw as anything composed fresh on the latest version … Continue reading
Lithgow Dazzles in National Theatre Live’s “The Magistrate”
Guest review by Jason Kane: Urban legend holds that a famous actor’s last words were “Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.” Did anyone attending those sage last words respond with “Have you tried farce?” While comedy can succeed in a fluid, malleable presentation, the slightest error in timing can ruin good farce. That distinction makes … Continue reading
The Last Comes First: NTLive “The Last of the Haussmans”
First-time playwright Stephen Beresford brings his considerable skill and experience as an actor to bear in writing his tightly wound family drama “The Last of the Haussmans”, playing at Angelika Film Centers as part of Britain’s National Theatre Live screencasts. (ANGELIKA – DALLAS Saturday, Oct. 27 2:00PM; ANGELIKA – PLANO Sunday, Oct. 28 2:00PM, Tuesday, … Continue reading
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