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ARTicles vol. 7 no. 4

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A.R.T. Connections April 2009
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AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER ANNOUNCES THREE FESTIVALS FOR 2009/10 SEASON

2009/2010 SEASON
WBUR - Here and Now - Interview with Director Diane Paulus
NECN - Artistic Director Breathes New Life into A.R.T.
Boston Globe - Disco, Sox, and Bard at A.R.T. - Megan Tench
Variety - Paulus give A.R.T. a makeover - Frank Rizzo
Hartford Courant - A Dramatically Different Kind of Theater Season is Announced - Frank Rizzo
Talkin Broadway - Interview with Diane Paulus - Matthew Small
• 2009/2010 Season on the ARTblog
• Press Release (html) (pdf)

MAY-JUNE 2009 - vol. 7 no. 4b - Romance and Sex, Satire, Romance, and Ducks: A David Mamet Celebration

Welcome - from Gideon Lester, Director of the 08/09 Season
Boston Phoenix - Craacking the wise - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Metro - The flowers of Romance - by Nick Dussault
Berkshire Fine Arts - Courtroom Farce Makes a Mockery of the Law - by Charles Giuliano
Curtain Up - Romance Lauches the American Repertory Theater's Mamet Festival - by Larry Switzky
The White Rhino Report - David Mamet in Rare Form in Cambridge
The Boston Globe - In this court, you'll laugh with conviction - by Louise Kennedy

Boston Theater Examiner - A fine 'Romance' at A.R.T. - by Donn Saylor
JimSullivanInk.com - A nasty, funny farce at the A.R.T. - by Jim Sullivan
• The Boston Globe - Mamet's Romance Language - by Megan Tench
David Mamet is a Funny Guy - by Brendan Shea
Cambridge Marriage: Mamet at the A.R.T. - by Sean Bartley
A Mamet Reunion: Sexual Perversity in Chicago and The Duck Variations - by Sean Bartley
Short Works, Long Histories: David Mamet, Harold Pinter, Shel Silverstein - by Scott Zigler
Romance on the ARTblog

In Memoriam: Robert Brustein remembers Paul Benedict (1938-2008)

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Trojan Barbie
MARCH-APRIL 2009 - vol. 7 no. 4a - Trojan Barbie

Welcome - from Gideon Lester, Director of the 08/09 Season
Edge Boston - Trojan Barbie - by Killian Melloy
Talkin Broadway - Trojan Barbie - Matthew Small
• WBUR - Familiar Themes Acted Out Uncharacteristically
- by Ed Siegel
Tufts Daily - A.R.T.'s re-visioning of Eurpidies contrasts classic tragedy with modern warfare - by Victoria Petrosino
WGBH - Center Stage with Jared Bowen
Boston Phoenix - Tough Neighborhoods: The A.R.T. enlists Trojan Barbie - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Globe - Suffering across the ages - her 'Trojan Barbie' shares visions of women and war - by Megan Tench
Weekly Dig - Trojan Barbie - Is not a Barbie girl, nor in a Barbie's world - by David Day
Boston Metro - All Dolled Up - 'Barbie' playwright says what ends badly ends well - by Linda Laban - photo: K. Mitchell
Playwright's Note - by Christine Evans
Dolls of War - Gideon Lester talks to playwright Christine Evans about the origins of Trojan Barbie - by Gideon Lester
Carmel O'Reilly - From Súgán to the A.R.T. - by Lynde Rosario
And the Myth Goes On - by Katie Mallinson
Euripides and The Trojan Women - by Katie Mallinson
• Trojan Barbie on the ARTblog
Program - entire booklet as pdf

In Memoriam: Robert Brustein remembers Paul Benedict (1938-2008)

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Trojan Barbie
FEBRUARY-MARCH 2009 - vol. 7 no. 3b - Endgame

Welcome - from Diane Paulus, Artistic Director, and Gideon Lester, Director of the 08/09 Season
Beckett, Endgame, Mortality, and Laughter - by Whitney Eggers
Setting the Stage for Endgame - Fifty years of apocalyptic ambience - by Heidi Nelson
Criticical Commentary on Endgame - compiled by Heidi Nelson
Playing at Death - by Whitney Eggers
Boston Globe - Last Laughs in Endgame - by Louise Kennedy
Bostonist - Endgame at American Repertory Theatre - by Rick Sawyer
Boston Herald - Beckett has last laugh - by Jenna Scherer
Boston Theater Examiner - A home at the end of the world - by Donn Saylor
Patriot Ledger - Loads of grim laughs in Beckett's Endgame - by Iris Fanger
EDGE Boston - Endgame - by Kilian Melloy
Boston Phoenix - Endgame at the A.R.T.: Death duties - by Carolyn Clay
South Coast Today - Discovering light amid darkness in 'Cat' and 'Endgame' - by David Brooks Andrews
Berkshire Fine Arts - Beckett's Elusive Endgame at American Repertory Theatre: Stunning Play Features a Brilliant Cast - by Mark Favermann
Endgame on the ARTblog
Program - entire booklet as pdf
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Let Me Down Easy
JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2009 - vol. 7 no. 3a - The Seagull

Welcome - from Diane Paulus, Artistic Director, and Gideon Lester, Director of the 08/09 Season
Timeline of Chekhov's Life - compiled by Brendan Shea
Konstantin's Vision - Ryan McKittrick interviews director János Szász
Symbolism, Melodrama, and Love - Is The Seagull tragedy or farce? - by Paul Stacey
No More No Man's Land - Szász eliminates the divide between the actors and the audience - by Ryan McKittrick
From the MXAT with Love - A second-year dramaturgy student longs for Moscow - by Sean Bartley
Cambridge to Moscow to Cambridge to the World...and Back! - by Kati Mitchell
Berkshire Fine Arts - The Seagull Startling at American Rep: A New Perspective on a Modern Classic - by Mark Favermann
Tufts Daily - Chekhov's The Seagull transformed at A.R.T. - by Brianna Beehler
WGBH: Center Stage with Jared Bowen
Boston Metro - Flying high again - A.R.T. makes The Seagull soar - by Nick Dussault
Boston Phoenix - Tons of Love: The A.R.T. lets The Seagull loose - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Globe - A bold departure - by Louise Kennedy
Edge Boston - The Seagull - by Kilian Melloy
Boston Nightlife.com - When New Forms Meet Old Pretension, With A Moistened Dash Of Axl Rose: Chekhov's The Seagull at the American Repertory Theater - by Sarah Thomas
Boston Globe - Divine Intervention - by Megan Tench
Boston Globe - Seagull set evokes divinity, decay - a slideshow - by Dina Rudick
Edge Boston - Versatile Cheryl D. Singleton Adapts to Any Role - by Kay Bourne
The Seagull on the ARTblog
Program - entire booklet as PDF
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Let Me Down Easy
DECEMBER 2008-JANUARY 2009 - vol. 7 no. 2b - Aurélia's Oratorio

Welcome - from Gideon Lester, Director of the 08/09 Season
Circus Dreams - Aurélia Thierrée talks to Gideon Lester about Aurélia's Oratorio
The Family Circus - Victoria Thierrée Chaplin, Aurélia Thierrée, and Cirque Nouveau, by Sean Bartley
WGBH-TV - Holiday Center Stage - Center Stage with Jared Bowen
Boston Metro - Extra-'Oratorio'-dinary! - by Nick Dussault
Boston Herald - Little Tramp's kind share Oratorio's big success - by Jenna Scherer
Boston Globe - Circus life is but a dream - by Louise Kennedy
Edge Boston - Aurélia's Oratorio - by Killian Melloy
Taunton Daily Gazette- Aurélia's Oratorio full of visual surprises - by Constance Gorfinkle
Aurélia's Oratorio on the ARTblog
Program - entire booklet as PDF
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Aurelia's Oratorio
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2008 - vol. 7 no. 2a - The Communist Dracula Pageant

Welcome - from Gideon Lester, Director of the 08/09 Season
An Empire of the Imagination - Playwright Anne Washburn descripes the evolution of The Communist Dracula Pageant
Nicolae Ceausescu: The Sceptered President - by Marshall Botvinick
The Two Annes - Gideon Lester introduces Anne Washburn and Anne Kauffman, the writer and director of The Communist Dracula Pageant
In Search of the Ceausescus - On the road in Romania with playwright Anne Washburn
The Rise and Fall of Nicolae Ceausescu - a timeline from The Communist Dracula Pageant program, by Marshall Botvinick
The Last Days of the Ceausescus - by Marshall Botvinick
Not a Matter of What, but Why - a reaction to The Communist Dracula Pageant, by Kay Israel, PhD
People and Places - a short glossary of people and places in The Communist Dracula Pageant, from the program, assembled by Beck Holden
From Bloodthirsty Demon to, Well... - the evolution of the Dracula mythos, by Beck Holden
The Secret Lives of Dictators - a short history, compiled by Sara Bookin-Weiner
Harvard Law Record - The Communist Dracula Pageant attacks historical absolutism - by Andrew Kalloch
The Boston Phoenix - Of myth and men - by Carolyn Clay
Edge Boston - a review - by Kilian Melloy
Edge Boston - Political play promises potent Halloween brew - by Robert Israel
Boston Globe - Farce? Horror tale? History play? All the above, creators hope - by Megan Tench
The Enterprise - Play sinks teeth into unholy Romanian regime - by Constance Gorfinkle
CDP on the ARTblog
Program - entire booklet as PDF
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Let Me Down Easy
SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2008 - vol. 7 no. 1 - Let Me Down Easy

Ms. Smith Goes to Washington - by Sean Bartley
A Search for Grace - Anna Deavere Smith interview by Gideon Lester
And the Women are Tutsi - by Anna Deavere Smith - The Kigali Genocide Memorial's photo wall
Introduction - from the Let Me Down Easy program - by Diane Paulus & Gideon Lester
Author's Notes - by Anna Deavere Smith
Voices from Landstuhl - by Anna Deavere Smith
Listening and Talking - excerpted by Gideon Lester from Letters to a Young Artist by Anna Deavere Smith
Program - entire booklet as PDF
Let Me Down Easy on the ARTblog
Bay State Banner - Building Character - by Robin Hamilton
Boston Globe - For by Anna Deavere Smith, the way is rarely 'Easy' - by Megan Tench
Boston Globe - Exploring grace with Anna Deavere Smith - by Michael Paulson
Boston Globe - Grace Among a World of Characters - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Phoenix - Body politic - by Iris Fanger
Boston Phoenix - Undiscovered country - by Carolyn Clay
Edge Boston - review by Kilian Melloy
Harvard Gazette - ‘Grace in the Dark’: Conversations with Anna Deavere Smith - by Stephanie Schorow
Patriot-Ledger - Anna Deavere Smith captivates - by Iris Fanger
SouthCoastToday.com - Two theatrical takes on mortality - by David Brooks Andrews
WBUR/Here and Now - (requires free RealPlayer from Real.com) - Anna Deavere Smith interview with Robin Young (September 25, 2008)
The World - PRI/BBC/WGBH raido - Lisa Mullens interviews Anna Deavere SMith
Welcoming Diane Paulus - the A.R.T.'s new artistic director
Boston Globe - Bold gestures, iron will - by Megan Tench - audio slideshow
New York Times - profile of Diane Paulus
New York Times - review of of Hair in Central Park
Downstage Center - XM Radio / American Theatre Wing interview with Diane Paulus
Ellen McLaughlin on Ajax in Iraq - A.R.T./MXAT Public Performances
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Let Me Down Easy
MAY–JUNE 2008 - vol. 6 no. 4 - Cardenio

From Lake Como to Cambridge - interview with playwrites Stephen Greenblatt and Charles Mee by Ryan McKittrick
Playing with Shakespeare - ten tricks & twists - by Sarah Ollove
Deep Waters - the wizardry of Les Waters - by Sarah Ollove
A Note on Cardenio - program note by Stephen Greenblatt and Charles Mee
Renaissance Scholar as Playwright - Sarah Ollove interviews Stephen Greenblatt
There Is No Such Thing As an Original Play - by Charles Mee
Synopsis of Chapters 23-34 of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes - compiled by Sarah Ollove
Synopsis of The Double Falsehood by Lewis Theobald
Video interview with Stephen Greenblatt
Video interview with Charles Mee
program - entire booklet as PDF
Cardenio on the ARTblog
Boston Globe - Dramatic license - by Sam Allis
Boston Phoenix - The Shakespeare mystery: Everything (almost) you wanted to know about Cardenio - by Jeffrey Gantz
Christian Science Monitor - Behind this month's staging of a 'lost' Shakespeare play - by Iris Fanger
Edge Boston - review by Kilian Melloy
New York Times - Shakespearean Brushes Up His Playwriting - by Celia McGee
Patriot-Ledger - The Bard’s lost ‘Cardenio’: Recycled, adapted and renewed - by Constance Gorfinkle
WBUR/Morning Edition - review by Ed Siegel
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Cardenio Poster
APRIL–MAY 2008 - vol. 6 no. 3b - Elections and Erections: A Chonicle of Fear and Fun

Welcome - from Acting Artistic Director Gideon Lester
Elections and Erections - apartheid, sex, and humor - by Pieter-Dirk Uys
Forign Aids - what kids know about AIDS - by Pieter-Dirk Uys
Fighting Words - an angry man who had to laugh - by Sarah Ollove
Never a Dull Moment! - excerpts by Pieter-Dirk Uys from his book, Elections and Erections: A Memoir of Fear and Fun!
Bay Windows - A farce to be reckoned with - by Brian Jewell
Boston Globe - Making theater of the politics of the absurd - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - Change agent: it's one man, many characters in satire 'Elections & Erections' - by Linda Matchan
Boston Phoenix - It's out of this world: "The ART hosts Elections & Erections ..." - by Carolyn Clay
Cambridge Chronicle/TAB Newspapers - A new show about "Elections and Erections" - by Alexander Stevens
Edge Boston - review by Robert Israel
Edge Boston - Pieter-Dirk Uys unveils ’Elections and Erections’ at ART - by Robert Israel
The World/WGBH-BBC - LISTEN to a Pieter-Dirk Uys interview with Lisa Mullens
program- entire booklet as PDF
Elections & Erections on the ARTblog
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FEBRUARY–MARCH 2008 - vol. 6 no. 3a - Julius Caesar

Welcome - from Acting Artistic Director Gideon Lester
Memories of the Future - Gideon Lester talks to director Arthur Nauzyciel
As Sassy As You Dare! - The aesthetics of Arthur Nauzyciel - by Njål Mjøs
It Came, It Saw, It Conquered - Shakespeare’s Caesar through Political Strife - by Sean Bartley
Program Notes: The Power of Speech - by Gideon Lester
Program Notes: Shakespeare and Plutarch - Marshall Botvinick
program- entire booklet as PDF
Julius Caesar on the ARTblog
Boston Globe - Julius Caesar makes play on American politics - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - ART, director shake up 'Julius Caesar' - by Megan Tench
Edge Boston - review by Kilian Melloy
Harvard Crimson - A.R.T.'s Modern 'Julius Caesar' Says It Right - by Melanie E. Long
TheatreMania.com - review by Sandy MacDonald
Tufts Daily News - review by Hannah Ehrlich
Rome/London/Boston: Reflections on Arthur Nauzyciel’s Julius Caesar and contemporary theatre - audio podcast of symposium sponsored by A.R.T. and Center for European Studies at Harvard, February 19, 2008
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JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2008 - vol. 6 no. 2b - Copenhagen

Welcome - from acting artistic director Gideon Lester
Michael Frayn: Renaissance Man of the World - by Heidi Nelson
Three Characters in Search of an Ending - by Katie Rasor
Who's Who in Copenhagen - by Lynde Rosario
Redesigning the Atom - by Sean Bartley
program notes: Welcome - from acting artistic director Gideon Lester
program notes: Resolute Uncertainty - Heidi Nelson talks with director Scott Zigler
program notes: What Really Happened in Copenhagen? - Letters from Heisenberg and Bohr
program notes: Notes on Heisenberg and the Bomb - Compiled by Katie Rasor
program - entire booklet as PDF
Boston Globe - 'Copenhagen' dazzles and confounds at the ART - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - Kuntz takes quantum leap at the ART - by Terry Byrne
Cape Cod Times - Truth is relative in 'Copenhagen' - by Alicia Blaisdell-bannon
Edge Boston - review by Kilian Melloy
Patriot Ledger - ATOMIC’S POWER; ‘Copenhagen’ imagines what famous meeting between physicists might have been like - by Jody Feinberg
TAB Newspapers -WWII Drama Unfolds in 'Copenhagen' - by Francis Ma•
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NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2007 - vol. 6 no. 2a - No Child ...

Welcome - from acting artistic director Gideon Lester
Child's Play - interview with Nilaja Sun by Gideon Lester
Leaving No Child Left Behind - by Katie Rasor - What Can Be Done?
program notes: No Child ... and No Child Left Behind - by Steve Seidel
program notes: A Brief Look at Boston and Massachusetts - by Glenn Koocher
program - entire booklet as PDF
Boston Globe - Editorial: Theatre as classroom
Boston Globe - One actress, one troubled school full of characters - by Megan Tench
Boston Phoenix - From Ma'am with Love - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Acting teacher: Nilaja Sun’s journey from tough schools to art - by Sally Cragin
Edge Boston - Nilaja Sun on ’No Child...’ - by Kay Bourne
Edutopia - Education, Off Broadway - by Fran Smith
Theatre Development Fund - A Class Act
WBUR - review by Ed Siegel
YouTube Video - excerpt from No Child ...
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OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2007 - vol. 6 no. 1b - Donnie Darko

Darko Days - by Ryan McKittrick
Staging the End of the World - by Sarah Wallace
Fragments from The Philosophy of Time Travel by Roberta Sparrow - from The Donnie Darko Book by Richard Kelly
program - entire program booklet as PDF
on the ARTblog
BerkshireFineArts.com - Donnie Darko Boffo - by Mark Favermann
Boston Globe - Demon rabbits, sacrifice, and the end of the world - by Joel Brown
Bostonist - Preview: "Donnie Darko" at ART - by Victoria Welch
Bostonist - Follow Frank into "Donnie Darko" - by Victoria Welch
Boston Metro - A Shot in the 'Darko' - by Nick Dussault
Boston Phoenix - Rabbit food: Donnie Darko takes to the stage - by Iris Fanger
NPR - All Things Considered - Cult Appeal of 'Darko' Film Spawns Stage Version - by Andrea Shea
Patriot-Ledger - Streamlined 'Donnie Darko' keeps its impact - by Constance Gorfinkle
SciFi Channel - review by Michael Marano
WBUR - Morning Edition - 'Donnie Darko' On Stage - by Andrea Shea
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AUGUST-OCTOBER 2007 - vol. 6 no. 1a - Don Juan Giovanni & Figaro - Sxip's Hour of Charm - The Veiled Monologues

DON JUAN GIOVANNI & FIGARO
Mozart and Company - Gideon Lester introduces the "opera-plays" that open the 2007-08 Season
Thief of Hearts: The Potency of Don Juan - by Sarah Ollove / Don Juan Giovanni Program Notes - by Steven Epp & Dominique Serrand
You Say You Want a Revolution? - by Sarah Ollove / Figaro Program Notes - by Steven Epp & Dominique Serrand
program - entire program booklet for both opera-plays as PDF
on the ARTblog
Boston Globe - A joy ride with Mozart and Moliere - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - Merger mania - by Matthew Guerrieri
Boston Phoenix - Figaro review by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Don ho! On the road with Mozart and Molière in Don Juan Giovanni - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Would you like Mozart with that? - by Sally Cragin
Edge Boston - review by Robert Nesti
TAB newspapers - Mashing up Mozart and Moliere to make two new operas at ART - by Francis Ma
SXIP'S HOUR OF CHARM
Boston Globe - Quirky acts add up to a charming revue - by Marc Hirsh
Edge Boston - Don't Sxip This Charming Hour - by Kilian Melloy
Edge Boston - Sxip's Hour of Charm, Weekend Two - by Kilian Melloy
Edge Boston - Sxip Shirey’s Hour of Charm to Rise in Cambridge
THE VEILED MONOLOGUES
Lifting The Veil - Tom Sellar introduces The Veiled Monologues
Boston Globe - Lifting the Veil - by Stacey Kors
Boston Phoenix - by Sally Cragin
Village Voice - Death to the Unchaste - by Tom Sellar
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JULY 2007 - vol. 5 no. 4d - A Marvelous Party: The Noël Coward Celebration

Boston Globe - 'Marvelous Party' lives up to its name - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - They Sing the Praises of Coward at ART - by Terry Burne
Boston Phoenix - Party animals: ART celebrates Noël Coward - by Iris Fanger
Boston Phoenix - review by Carolyn Clay
BerkshireFineArts.com - A Summer Noel: American Repertory Theatre Offers Fizzy Refreshment - by Mark Favermann
BroadwayWorld.com - 'A Marvelous Party!' Celebrates Coward in Cambridge - by Nancy Grossman
Edge Boston - review by Kilian Melloy
WBUR - review by Ed Siegel
YouTube Video: Noël Coward performing in 1955
- "Nina"- "Mad Dogs and Englishmen"
program - entire booklet as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)

MAY - JUNE 2007 - vol. 5 no. 4c - NO MAN'S LAND - A.R.T./MXAT Insitute's THE KILLING GAME

NO MAN'S LAND
Pinter Land - by Miriam Weisfeld
Still Cracking Away! - Ryan McKittrick interviews No Man's Land director David Wheeler
Four Men's Land - Katie Rasor introduces the cast of No Man's Land
YouTube Video - on making No Man's Land
ARTblog - Henry David Clarke actor blog - all No Man's Land posts
Boston Globe Op Ed - Time stops in its tracks - by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe - Piercing Pinter's world - by Louise Kennedy - Audio Slide Show
Boston Globe - The family that plays together - by Terry Byrne
Boston Phoenix - Land ahoy - by Iris Fanger
Edge Boston - review by Kilian Melloy
Somerville Journal - Paul Benedict enters darkness of Pinter's 'No Man's Land' - by Francis Ma
No Man's Land program - entire booklet as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
A.R.T./MXAT Institute's THE KILLING GAME
Dance and Shout - Scott Zigler and the Institute Class of 2007 take on Ionesco - by Miriam Weisfeld
ARTblog - all The Killing Game posts
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APRIL - MAY 2007 - vol. 5 no. 4b - INVINCIBLE SUMMER and MONOPOLY!

Introducing Mike Daisey - by Neena Arndt
Boston Globe - An electrifying monologue for change - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - His stories make for 'Summer' to remember - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - Storytelling 'in the moment' drives Daisey - by Terry Byrne
Boston Phoenix - Coming up Daisey: Invincible Summer and Monopoly! head for Cambridge - by Lisa Weisstuch
Bostonist.com - Daisey Delivers In "Invincible Summer"
Bostonist.com - Mike Daisey interview
EDGE Boston - review by Kilian Melloy
EDGE Boston - Mike Daisey Brings Us An "Invincible Summer" - by Kilian Melloy
Mike Daisey's Invincible Summer and Monopoly on ARTblog
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MARCH 2007 - vol. 5 no. 4a - A.R.T./MXAT Insitute's BETTY'S SUMMER VACATION
A World without a Roadmap - by Heather Helinsky
Behind Closed Doors - by Heather Helinsky
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FEBRUARY - MARCH 2007 - vol. 5 no. 3b - Oliver Twist

Oliver with a Twist - by Sarah Ollove
Bartlett's Creations - Katie Rasor interviews director Neil Bartlett
Merry Music in Dickens' London - by Njal Mjoes
Program Notes: Staging Oliver Twist - by Neil Bartlett
Boston Globe - A Strong Twist: Bartlett works magic in adapting classic for a US premiere - by Louise Kennedy
audio slide show - with Boston Globe theatre critic Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - A Dramatic Twist - by Catherine Foster
Boston Phoenix - Fagin's Follies: Neil Bartlett's Oliver Twist - by Caroline Clay
Daily Telegraph - review by Charles Spencer
Edge Boston - Neil Bartlett on Oliver Twist - by Robert Nesti
Edge Boston - review by Killan Melloy
TheatreMania.com - review by Sandy MacDonald
Variety - review by Frank Rizzo
Oliver Twist program - entire booklet as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
YouTube Video - Adapting Oliver Twist for the Stage
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JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2007 - vol. 5 no. 3a - Britannicus
Welcome - from Associate Artistic Director Gideon Lester
Nero's Toy - by Heather Helinsky
Falling from Grace - by Sarah Wallace
Program Notes: Action of the Play - Characters - First Performance - excerpts from Tacitus
Program Notes: “Rome” in Small Letters: the Set of Britannicus - by Miriam Weisfeld
Boston Globe - Power Play: Intrigue shapes the fate of an empire in an electrifying 'Britannicus" - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - At ART, a Nero who plays guitar - by Terry Byrne
Boston Phoenix - Tyrants’ tales - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Rule, Britannicus? - ART does rare Racine - by Iris Fanger
Edge Boston - review by Robert Nesti
Edge Boston - Robert Woodruff on Britannicus - by Robert Nesti
Variety - review by Frank Rizzo
Britannicus program as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
YouTube Video - Staging Britannicus: Robert Woodruff directs his final production as A.R.T. Artistic Director
Britannicus blog
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DECEMBER 2006 - JANUARY 2007 - vol. 5 no. 2bc - The Onion Cellar - The Importance of Being Earnest

THE ONION CELLAR
Living Dolls - by Ryan McKittrick
Creating the Onion Cellar - Neena Arndt talks with designer Christine Jones
ARTblog - Amanda Palmer is #2 on the Globe's list of most stylish Bostonians
Boston Globe - Dolls, ART make beautiful mess in 'Cellar' - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - Creative risks are at heart of 'Onion Cellar' - by Joan Anderman
Boston Globe - Two for the show: On stage and off, Dresden Dolls' chemistry is a volatile mix - by Jonathan Perry
Edge Boston - The Dresden Dolls live up to their rep as a "Brechtian Punk Cabaret" in free-form, atmospheric collaboration - by Kilian Melloy
Edge Boston - Dresden Doll Brian Viglione on The Onion Cellar - by Robert Nesti
Patriot-Ledger - Dresden Dolls an overwhelming force - by Iris Fanger
Boston Phoenix - Tracks of her tears: The Dresden Dolls rock The Onion Cellar - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Crying game - The Dresden Dolls and the ART grapple in The Onion Cellar - by Jim Sullivan
BroadwayWorld.com - ART Scores A Hit With ‘The Onion Cellar’ - by Olena Ripnick
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
The Importance of Being Subversive - by Sarah Wallace
Playing in Earnest - Gideon Lester interviews Jon Haynes of Ridiculusmus
Boston Globe - Multiplied by Two - by Catherine Foster
Edge Boston - British Duo Ridiculusmus Goes Wilde With Earnest - by Robert Nesti
The Guardian (UK) - review by Lyn Gardner
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A.R.T. Connections - November 2006
A.R.T. Connections - December 2006

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2006 - vol. 5 no. 2a - Wings of Desire

Angels on Stage - Gideon Lester introduces Wings of Desire
Falling into the World - Ray Carney introduces the Wim Wenders film, Wings of Desire (Himmel uber Berlin)
ART Blog - Gideon Lester and Kati Mitchell report from Amsterdam
Out of Berlin - by Gideon Lester
"Away with the world behind the world!" - by Dirkje Houtman
Making Angels - the origins of Wings of Desire
Wings of Desire program as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
Boston Globe - International collaboration set `Wings' in motion - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - Taking to the air - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - The angel & the aerialist - by Mark Feeney
Boston Phoenix - Urban renewal - by Matt Ashare
Boston Phoenix - Flights of angels - by Carolyn Clay
Edge Boston - Gideon Lester on Wings of Desire - by Robert Nesti
Edge Boston - review by Kilian Melloy
Metro (pdf) - Into the 'Wing' of Things - Mam Smith, who taught Mariah Carey how to fly and actresses how to drown, rises above it all. - by Nick Dussault
New York Times - Angels Who Came to Earth Now Come to the Stage - by Donna Kornhaber and David Kornhaber
New York Times - Foolishly, an Angel Falls in Love and Rushes In ... and Up - by Charles Isherwood
Variety - review by Frank Rizzo
ARTicles Vol. 5 No. 2 - entire issue as PDF, requires free reader version 6 or later from Adobe.com, print at 68% for 8.5x11
A.R.T. Connections - November 2006
A.R.T. Connections - December 2006

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2006 - vol. 5 no. 1 - bobrauschenbergamerica

ARTicles Vol. 5 No. 1 (PDF files require free reader from Adobe.com, print at 68% for 8.5x11)
A Season of Transformations
WELCOME: Associate Artistic Director Gideon Lester introduces the 2006-07 season
A Season Filled with Great Artists!
An American Vaudeville: Scott T. Cummings introduces bobrauschenbergamerica
bogartmeerauschenberg: Anne Bogart & Chuck Mee talk about Bob Rauschenberg
Support Your Theatre: A.R.T. partners with John Malkovich's fashion line, Uncle Kimono
entire issue as one file (12 pages, 3.6 MB)
A.R.T. Connections - August 2006
A.R.T. Connections - September 2006
Boston Globe - ART's lively Americay odyssey - by Sandy MacDonald
Boston Globe - Cut and paste: America as Rauschenberg might see it - by Cate McQuaid
Boston Phoenix - Writing Rauschenberg: Mee & Bogart mix up art and Americana - by Iris Fanger
Boston Phoenix - Groundbreakers - by Carolyn Clay
Charlie Rose interview with Robert Rauschenberg - learn more about the work that inspired the play (IMPORTANT: interview appears during second half of the program; fast-forward to 29:00. Requires Adobe Flash Player.)
Museum of Moden Art - view selections from Robert Rauschenberg's work in MoMA's permanent collection
New York Times - Review: A Collage of Sly Tricks In Honor of a Collagist - by Neil Genzlinger (nytimes.com requires free registration)
Providence Journal - Bogart’s latest unstructured, freewheeling - by Channing Gray
SITI Company - official website
slide show - images from the production

JUNE-AUGUST 2006 - vol. 4 no. 4e - Monsieur Chopin - The Two and Only!

Boston Globe - 'Monsieur Chopin' takes a sentimental journey - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe
- That's Mr. Chopin to you - by Karen Campbell
Boston Phoenix - Heaven Can Wait - by Carolyn Clay
Patriot-Ledger - Felder embodies Chopin at A.R.T. - by Constance Gorfinkle
Boston Globe - Dummies for Dummies - by Michael Hardy
Boston Globe - Jay Johnson is still finding a voice for show - by Louise Kennedy
Edge Boston - by Robert Israel
Hollywood Reporter - by Jay Reiner
New York Times* - A Ventriloquist Explains It All, Humorously and Touchingly - by D. J. R. Bruckner
Talkin’ Broadway - by Sharon Perlmutter
WBUR / Here and Now - interview with Gail Harris
Connections - June 2006
Connections - July 2006

MAY-JUNE 2006 - vol. 4 no. 4d - Island of Slaves

Class Act - Gideon Lester introduces Marivaux's comedy Island of Slaves
Unfamiliar Worlds - John Herndon talks with set and costume designer David Zinn
Love Play - Gideon Lester introduces the theatre of Marivaux (from vol 1 no 3a)
A Century of Change - the life and times of Marivaux (from vol 1 no 3a)
Boston Globe - Turnabouts result in masterful play - by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe - A spin on the classics: 1725 French play gets a modern update, in drag - by Louise Kennedy
Patriot-Ledger - Mischievous ‘Slaves’ on target - by Iris Fanger.
Boston Phoenix - Club Marivaux: ART docks at Island of Slaves - by Iris Fanger
Boston Phoenix - Poetry in Motion - by Carolyn Clay
Variety - by Frank Rizzo
WBUR - Booty Break: Drag queens liven up a new adaptation an 18th-century social comedy - by Bill Marx
ARTifact - a Quicktime video on the making of Island of Slaves - larger version of the video
Island of Slaves Program as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
ARTicles Vol. 4 No. 4 as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
Connections - May 2006

MAY 2006 - vol. 4 no. 4c - Charlie Victor Romeo

Charlie Victor Romeo - Neena Arndt introduces the live performance documentary
Boston Globe - Charlie Victor Romeo: 'We are in emergency' - by Alex Beam
Boston Phoenix - Crash arts: Charlie Victor Romeo tells true tales of air emergency - by Steve Vineberg
Charlie Victor Romeo Program
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ARTicles Vol. 4 No. 4 as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
Connections - May 2006

APRIL 2006 - vol. 4 no. 4b - (I am) Nobody's Lunch

The Civilians Have a Few Questions for You! - by Kirsten Bowen
Boston Globe - Turning the sad truth into spirited satire - by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe - Theater troupe gets creative with the facts - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Phoenix - Who do you trust?: The Civilians come to town - by Sally Cragin
New York Times - They Feel a Homeland Security Song Coming On - by Jason Zinoman
New York Times - A Funny and Sad Look at Facts, Myths and Spin - by Charles Isherwood
New York Times multimedia - The Civilians Slides and Interview
ARTicles Vol. 4 No. 4 as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
Connections - April 2006

MARCH-APRIL 2006 - vol. 4 no. 4a - Orpheus X

ARTifact - video clips by Denise Marika with music from the production (Quicktime movie)
A Trip to the Underworld - Ryan McKittrick speaks with writer/composer/performer Rinde Eckert
The Myth of Orpheus - in art and legend
Projecting the Underworld - Miriam Weisfeld introduces the video art of Denise Marika
Unfamiliar Worlds - John Herndon talks with set and costume designer David Zinn
Boston Globe - Up from the Underworld - by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe - Making a myth modern - by Louise Sullivan
Boston Phoenix - Down under: Rinde Eckert retools the Orpheus myth - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Music man: The ART leads Orpheus into the future - by Iris Fanger
EDGE Boston - Orpheus X - by Robert Nesti
Patriot-Ledger - MUSICAL MYTH: Rinde Eckert is in tune with A.R.T.'s elegant, artful 'Orpheus X' - by Jon Lehman
Patriot-Ledger - Eckert molds myths into modern life - by Constance Corfinkle
Variety - Orpheus X - by Frank Rizzo
WBUR - A Heaven of a Hell - by Bill Marx
program as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
ARTicles Vol. 4 No. 4 as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
Connections - March 2006
Connections - April 2006

JANUARY-MARCH 2006 - vol. 4 no. 3 - Romeo and Juliet

Will the Real Will Shakespeare Please Stand Up? - by Christopher R. Hildebrand
How Romeus Became Romeo - Comparing of Arthur Brooke's poem with Shakespeare's play - by Ryan McKittrick
What's in a Name? - Director Gadi Rolldiscusses the play with Gideon Lester
Re: R&J - What critics have said - compiled by Mark Poklemba
Kasia Maimone - From the Runway to the Great White Way - by Rachael Rayment
Boston Globe - Doomed love at the last minute - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - In ART's 'Romeo and Juliet,' rage consumes the romance - by Ed Siegel
Boston Metro (pdf) - Fear Factor: scariest things about being Juliet - by Michael Friedson
Boston Phoenix - Love and Death - by Carolyn Clay
ARTicles Vol. 4 No. 3 as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
Romeo & Juliet Program (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
Connections - February 2006
Connections - March 2006

JANUARY 2006 - vol. 4 no. 2c - No Exit - Home Movies

Sartre and the Theatre of Questions - by Mark Poklemba
Boston Globe - The private hell ART cast creates is heavenly in 'No Exit' - by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe - Exit Strategies - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Phoenix - Balancing Act: The ART tips for No Exit - by Iris Fanger
Boston Phoenix - Re-entry: ART's No Exit returns - by Lisa Weisstuch
Dancing Memory - Home Movies - Rachael Rayment introduces the Zero Arrow performances by Everett Dance Theatre
Boston Globe - Home Movies has flashes of poignancy - by Thea Singer
WBUR/Here and Now
- Family Ties: Everett Dance Theatre's Home Movies - by Lynn Menegon
ARTicles Vol. 4 No. 2 as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
No Exit Program (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
Connections - January 2006

NOVEMBER 2005 - JANUARY 2006 - vol. 4 no. 2b - Three Sisters

Shadowland - Gideon Lester introduces the theatre of Krystian Lupa
Coating the Pill - Heather Helinsky explores Anton Chekhov's sense of humor
Who is Krystian Lupa? - the acclaimed Polish director's work finds an English-speaking audience - by Allen Kuharski
Boston Globe - An existential 'Sisters' act - by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe - His arduous road to Chekhov: Lupa brings an exacting process - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Phoenix - Poland springs - Master director Krystian Lupa at ART - by Iris Fanger
Polished News - Three Sisters Review (in English) - by Sylvia Gustowski
Variety - review by Frank Rizzo
White Eagle - New England - in Polish (PDF)
Institute Performances - Mayhem (December 8-10); This Is How It Goes (December 15-17)
ARTicles Vol. 4 No. 2 as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
ARTifact - The Making of Three Sisters - bigger - smaller - get Quicktime 7
ART Connections - November 2005
• Renowned European Director Stages Three Sisters
ART Connections - December 2005
• The Gift of Theatre!
• Beyond Words: Krystian Lupa discusses Chekhov's Three Sisters
• Institute launches first full season at Zero Arrow
• Inside the A.R.T.: Scott Zigler, Director of the A.R.T. Institute
ART Blog: Three Sisters in Edinburgh - by Gideon Lester

NOVEMBER 2005 - vol. 4 no. 2a - the UnPOSSESSED

Tilting at Windmills - in the Air!- Double Edge Theatre's imagistic fantasy on Don Quixote - by Shari Perkins
director's notes by Stacy Klain - more details
Boston Globe - Double Edge is on a quest for discovery: founder turns her despair into creativity - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Phoenix
- Full tilt: Double Edge responds to Don Quixote - by Iris Fanger
ARTicles Vol. 4 No. 2 as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
Connections - November 2005
• Inside the A.R.T.: Tracy Keene, Front-of-House and Company Manager
• the UnPOSSESSED at Zero Arrow Theatre

OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2005 - vol. 4 no. 1b - The Keening

Welcome - from artistic director Robert Woodruff
The Crying of the Plañidera - Ryan McKittrick traces the development of The Keening
A Monster with One Thousand Heads - A Colombian Timeline - by Rachael Rayment
The Colombian War in the Theatre - Humberto Dorado's The Keening - by Guillermo González Uribe
A Note From the Playwright - by Humberto Dorado
Songs from The Keening - with translations
Variety Magazine - review by Frank Rizzo
Boston Globe - Mournful Keening cries out for justice in Colombia - by Maureen Dezell
Boston Phoenix - Town crier: ART presents The Keening - by Iris Fanger
Boston Phoenix - review by Carolyn Clay
Patriot-Ledger - A.R.T. to offer English premiere of Keening - by Constance Gorfinkle
Adiós a las trampas - free exhibition of children's art at Zero Arrow Theatre
The Keening restaurant deals - dine for less in the Harvard Square area
The Keening bookstore - shop related books from Amazon.com, donating a portion of all profits to the A.R.T.!
Institute Alumni News - follow the careers of graduates of the A.R.T's. professional training program!
Keening program (PDF) - with notes, bios, etc., advertising omitted, 18 pages, 371 KB
ARTicles Vol. 4 No. 1 as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)
Connections - October 2005
• One-on-One with The Keening's Marisa Chibas
• Rob Orchard: A Traveler's Diary
• Inside the A.R.T.: Maura Henry, Executive Assistant
Connections - November 2005
• The Keening is praised by critics and audiences

SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2005 - vol. 4 no. 1a - Carmen

Playing at Love: Daniel Albright introduces Bizet's Carmen
Director's Note - by Dominique Serrand
From An Orchestra to Two Pianos - by Bradley Greenwald
Boston Globe - 'Carmen' electric - by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe - At ART, aiming for an intimate yet grand 'Carmen' - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Phoenix - Bitter Bizet: Dominique Serrand's dark Carmen - by Lloyd Schwartz
Boston Phoenix - Bizet bodies - by Iris Fanger
Patriot-Ledger - Stripped-down ‘Carmen' is still stunning - by Iris Fanger
Patriot-Ledger - Sisters put heads together in A.R.T.'s ‘Carmen' - by Constance Gorfinkel
Talkin' Broadway - Theatre de la Jeune Lune stages a riveting Carmen
WBUR - Carmen Slenderized: The A.R.T's version of Bizet's opera offers earfuls of pleasure - by Bill Marx
Carmen program (PDF) - with notes, bios, etc., advertising omitted, 18 pages, 288 KB
ARTicles Vol. 4 No. 1 as PDF (requires free reader from Adobe.com)

JUNE-JULY 2005 - vol. 3 no. 3c - Amerika - Frogz

Welcome: Amerika or the Disappearance - from artistic director Robert Woodruff
Fresh Off the Boat- Gideon Lester introduces Amerika or the Disappearance
Sins of the Father - Kafka's family and self-doubt - by Akiva Fox
Kafka's Modern Fantasy - by Akiva Fox
Disappearing Act - Ryan McKittrick speaks with director Dominique Serrand and Gideon Lester about Amerika
A Dark, Adapted Eye - Translating Kafka to the Contemporary Stage - by Mark Poklemba
Boston Globe - Laugh-out-loud Kafka? The ART finds humor in 'Amerika," if not dramatic depth - by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe - Discovering Amerika: as playwright, Lester finds himself in shifting identities of Kafka - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Phoenix - New worlds: Amerika and Frogz at the ART - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Amerikan pie: Kafka comes to the ART - by Iris Fanger
Here and Now - Gideon Lester interview on National Public Radio/WBUR
Patriot-Ledger - KAFKA'S AMERIKA; A.R.T.'s Gideon Lester presents author's unfinished novel on stage - by Jon Lehman

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Frogz home page
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Boston Globe - In 'FROGZ,' entertainment makes an intellectual leap - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Phoenix - New worlds: Amerika and Frogz at the ART - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Jump Street; FROGZ hops toward Cambridge - by Sally Cragin
EDGE Boston - FROGZ - by Howie Green
New York Times - They Do a Whole Lot More Than Croak on Lily Pads - by Lawrence Van Gelder

MAY-JUNE 2005 - vol. 3 no. 3b - Desire Under the Elms

Welcome - from artistic director Robert Woodruff
Eugene O'Neill and the Birth of Desire
- Stella Gorlin introduces Desire Under the Elms
O'Neill's Tragic Vision - by John Herndon
Stones Atop o' Stones - program notes by Stella Gorlin
Fathers and Sons in a No Man's Land - Ryan McKittrick interviews director János Szász
Boston Globe - 'He knows that it's OK not to know': approaching 'Desire' with an open mind - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - Three, the hard way: A desolate love triangle drives ART's visceral 'Desire' - by Ed Siegel
Boston Phoenix - Native soil: Desire Under the Elms; The Buz’Gem Blues; All My Sons - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Rekindling Desire: János Szász and the ART take on Eugene O'Neill - by Iris Fanger
Patriot-Ledger - ART adds even more desire to ‘Elms' - by Iris Fanger

APRIL 2005 - vol. 3 no. 3a - Olly's Prison

Edward Bond and the Morality of Violence - by Kirsten Bowen
Designing Olly - Amy Nora Long interviews designer David Zinn
Bond on Bond - the playwright in his own words
Destination Zero - Amy Nora Long reports on the A.R.T.'s new second stage, the Zero Arrow Theatre
Boston Globe - Everything is illuminated: In his third season at ART, artistic director Woodruff believes in many visions - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Globe - 'Prison' does not let go: ART powerfully captures the life of a defeated man - by Ed Siegel, Globe Staff
Patriot-Ledger - Violence is the life force in ‘Prison' - by Jon Lehman
Boston Phoenix - Of human bondage - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Inside and out: Olly's Prison comes to Zero Arrow Theatre - by Iris Fanger
Variety - by Frank Rizzo (requires Variety.com subscription or free trial subscription)
WBUR - Crime and Punishment - by Bill Marx

MARCH 2005 - vol. 3 no. 2b - Dido, Queen of Carthage

Welcome - from associate artistic director Gideon Lester
Dido's Passion - Akiva Fox traces Dido's journey across two thousand years of art and literature
A Rougher, Wilder Magic - Gideon Lester interviews Dido, Queen of Carthage director Neil Bartlett
Heavenly Wit, Hellish Vice - Emily Otto explores the sensational life of Christopher Marlowe
Marlowe's Mighty Line - John Herndon explores the playwright's impact on his contemporaries
Directing Dido - program notes by director Neil Bartlett
The Carthage Consort - Emily Otto introduces the musicians of Dido, Queen of Carthage
Boston Globe - 'Dido' puts in a rare appearance: The ART stages Marlowe's 1585 tragedy - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Phoenix - Olympian games: Cupid rules Neil Bartlett's Dido - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Marlowe's ghost: The ART pays homage to Dido, Queen of Carthage - by Iris Fanger
Patriot-Ledger - Lusty 'Dido' isn't for the faint of heart - by Iris Fanger
Patriot-Ledger - D'Aquila helps to bring Marlowe's 'Dido' to A.R.T. - by Constance Gorfinkle

FEBRUARY 2005 - vol. 3 no. 2a - the far side of the moon

the creation of the moon - Stella Gorlin explores the origins of the far side of the moon
reaching the far side - Rachael Amy Rayment introduces director Robert Lepage
music of the spheres - Mark Poklemba introduces far side of the moon composer Laurie Anderson
program notes - from director Robert Lepage
Boston Globe - Moonstruck: The ART poetically explores inner and outer space - by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe
- From the moon to a mother's death in a one-man show - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Phoenix - Tossed in space: Robert Lepage's moon glows at the ART - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Personal space: Robert Lepage contemplates the moon - by Sally Cragin
Patriot-Ledger - Lepage reaches new heights with 'moon' - by Iris Fanger
WBUR - Full Moon - by Bill Marx

DECEMBER 2004 - JANUARY 2005 - vol. 3 no. 1b - South African Festival

The Syringa Tree
Pamela Gien: Climbing the Syringa Tree - by Amy Nora Long
Boston Phoenix - South African roots: The Syringa Tree grows at the ART - by Sally Craigin
Patriot-Ledger - Experience apartheid through many eyes; Gien performs all 24 characters - by Jon Lehman
Patriot-Ledger - Award-winning one-woman show comes to the A.R.T. - by Constance Gorfinkle
Here and Now /WBUR - Pamela Gien interviewed by Robin Young
WBUR Online Arts - review by Bill Marx - listen


Foreign Aids
Pieter-Dirk Uys: Never a Dull Moment! - excerpts from his book, Elections and Erections
Boston Phoenix - AIDS inhibitor: Pieter-Dirk Uys is a clown on a crusade - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Dressed to thrill: Meet South Africa's political Uys - by Sally Craigin
The Connection - Pieter-Dirk Uys interview with Dick Gordon of WBUR/National Public Radio
Fresh Air - Pieter-Dirk Uys interview with Terry Gross of National Public Radio


Nothing But the Truth
John Kani: A Passion for the Truth - interview by Robert Woodruff
Boston Globe - Playwright-actor Kani brings 'Truth' out of South Africa - by Catherine Foster
Boston Phoenix - Editor's Pick: Truth teller-Tony winner John Kani brings his play to the ART
Boston Phoenix - Truth & reconciliation: John Kani tells a South African story - by Carolyn Clay
New York Times - The Ashes of Apartheid Don't Fit in a Tiny Box - by Ben Brantley


Lectures, Panels, Readings, Films
NOVEMBER 2004 - vol. 3 no. 1a - The Provok'd Wife

Welcome - from the A.R.T. leadership
Rampant and Scandalous - Ryan McKittrick introduces the world of Restoration theatre
The Spy Who Came into the Loeb - Kirsten Bowen introduces John Vanbrugh
Side Entrances - by John Herndon
Civility, Sex, and the City - a guide to manners, stench, and pleasure gardens - by Ryan McKittrick
English Roots in Virginia Soil - Restoration fashion, furniture, and American accents - by Kirsten Bowen
Boston Globe - ART gives 1697 play sassy update - by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe - Director delves into 17th-century desire, decay - by Catherine Foster
Boston Phoenix - Restoration marriage: The ART gets provok'd by John Vanbrugh - by Sally Craigin
Boston Phoenix - Restoration bardware: The ART gooses The Provok'd Wife - by Carolyn Clay
Patriot-Ledger - 'Provok'd' is stylish, witty and absolutely delicious - by Jon Lehman

JUNE 2004 - vol. 2 no. 4b - The Miser
Molière's Miser - by Ryan McKittrick
Reaching for the Moon - Barbara Whitney interviews director Dominque Serrand
Greed - program notes by Arthur Holmberg
The Comedy of Tragedy - Dominique Serrand talks with Ryan McKittrick
Boston Globe - Greed is good: ART's smart production of 'The Miser' includes a generous helping of farce - by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe - Pooling their resources for Moliere's Miser - by Catherine Foster
Boston Phoenix - Cheap Thrills: The Miser pays off at the ART - by Carolyn clay
Boston Phoenix - Hoarder in the court: The ART gets serious about The Miser - by Sally Craigin
Patriot-Ledger - Perfect, profane Moliere on stage at A.R.T. - by Jon Lehman
WBUR - Terminal Skinflint: A new production of The Miser contains plenty of comic gold - by Bill Marx
MAY 2004 - vol. 2 no. 4a - Oedipus

Too Deep for Tears - by Arthur Holmberg
Tragic Song - Gideon Lester talks to Evan Ziporyn, composer for Oedipus
Opinion - Mary Lefkowitz introduces Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus
Past History - program notes by Gideon Lester
Boston Globe - Oedipus rocks: The Greek tragedy takes a sharp, political turn - by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe - Two strong voices and a classic drama - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Phoenix - Elemental Journey: Oedipus rules at the ART- by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Son and lover: The ART takes on Oedipus - by Sally Craigin
EDGE Boston - review by David Foucher
Patriot-Ledger - 'Oedipus' deserves accolades - by Iris Fangerbl
WBUR - Oedipus Stretch - by Bill Marx
OedipusParados.mp3 - audio clip from the production score by Evan Ziporyn - 4:17 (2.9 MB)
OedipusStasimon4Excerpt.mp3 - audio clip from the production score by Evan Ziporyn - 1:25 (1.0 MB)

MARCH 2004 - vol. 2 no. 3b - The Birthday Party

Welcome - from the A.R.T. leadership
Preparing for the Party - by Ryan McKittrick
Uneasy Union - Violence and Humor in Pinter's Early Plays - by Amy Nora Long
Party Politics - Ryan McKittrick talks with Birthday Party director JoAnne Akalaitis
In His Own Words - Pinter speaks for himself
View of the Party - by Harold Pinter
War - poetry from Pinter's recent collection
Boston Globe - ART's Party celebrates the Surreal - by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe - ART director celebrates simplicity in Pinter's complex Birthday Party - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Phoenix - After Endgame: JoAnne Akalaitis throws a Birthday Party - by Iris Fanger
Boston Phoenix - Vintage avant-garde - by Carolyn Clay
Patriot-Ledger - Rigby has long history with Harold Pinter - by Constance Gorfinkle

DECEMBER 2003 - vol. 2 no. 3a - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare's Enduring Dream - Emily Otto explores the history of lust and desire in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Introducing Martha Clarke - profile by Akiva Fox
Dreams of a Wood Sprite - Gideon Lester talks to director Martha Clarke about flying, animals, and A Midsummer Night's Dream
Suspensions of Disbelief - Peter Foy and the art of stage flying - by Sarah McDonough
The Midsummer Work of Kelvin Davies - by Kent M.C. Lau
Tragical Mirth - by Gideon Lester
Dreamscapes - images that inspired Martha Clarke during rehearsals - compiled by Akiva Fox
"Good Dancing and Handsome Women" - by Emily Otto
Boston Globe - Black Magic: 'Midsummer Night's Dream' mixes light and darkness at ART -by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe - Martha Clarke puts accent on movement in ART's 'Midsummer' - by Catherine Foster
Boston Globe Magazine - Encounter with Karen MacDonald: Stages of Life - by Catherine Foster
Boston Phoenix - Flight of fancy: Martha Clarke's dark Dream - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Dream factory: Martha Clarke flies the bard - by Iris Fanger
Patriot-Ledger - 'Midsummer' in winter; Shakespeare gets dark treatment in 'schizophrenic' play at A.R.T - by Jon Lehman

NOVEMBER 2003 - vol. 2 no. 2 - Snow in June

Welcome - from Robert Woodruff, Robert J. Orchard, and Gideon Lester
The Transformation of Tou O - Ryan McKittrick introduces Snow in June and the theatre of Chen Shi-Zheng
Designers' Challenge - Bringing Snow to the Loeb Stage - by Stella Gorlin
Six Hundred Years in the Making - by Kirsten Bowen
Playing in the Snow - Sarah McDonough introduces Andromeda, the band performing the music of Snow in June
Program Notes - from Artistic Director Robert Woodruff
Director's Notes - from Chen Shi-Zheng
Martial Movement - the Chinese traditions of Wushu and Tai Chi
In the Lobby Gallery - Sarah McDonough introduces Chinese-American artist Dora Hsiung
The Paul Dresher Ensemble - official website
Boston Globe - Stirring the elements: a dazzling mix of East, West - by Ed Siegel
Boston Globe - A dream of a dynamic new stage crystallizes in 'Snow' - by Louise Kennedy
Boston Phoenix - Theater summit: East meets West for Snow in June - by Iris Fanger
Boston Phoenix - Winter wonderland: Snow in June is a multicultural treat - by Carolyn Clay
Financial Times - Traditional drama in western tone - by Victoria Griffiths
New York Times - A Clash of the Seasons Inspires a Meeting of Cultures - by Bruce Weber (free membership required for NYtimes.com)
Theatermania - by Sandy MacDonald

SEPTEMBER 2003 - vol. 2 no. 1 - Lady with a Lapdog

Chekhov and the Lapdog - by Ryan McKittrick
Humor and Paradox - John Freedman introduces Russian director Kama Ginkas
Chekhov in America - interview with Kama Ginkas and designer Sergey Barkhin - by Anatoly Smeliansky
Warm Siberia - Program Notes
Prose Chekhov - Program Notes
Ken Reynolds - Photographer Extraordinaire
Boston Globe - From Russia (to the ART) with love - by Catherine Foster
Boston Phoenix - Lady's man: Stephen Pelinski reaps the Ginkas whirlwind - by Liza Weisstuch
New York Times - on Kama Ginkas (free membership required for NYtimes.com)

JUNE 2003 - vol. 1 no. 4b - Pericles

The Triumph of Pericles - the debates surrounding this mysterious play - by Gideon Lester
Not for All Time - director Andrei Serban in historical context - by Arthur Holmberg
Pericles, Video and the Chinese Actor - three weeks into rehearsal, Andrei Serban discusses the production with Gideon Lester
Marina - by T.S. Eliot
Boston Phoenix - romance of the high seas - by Jeffrey Gantz
more Pericles links

MAY 2003 - vol. 1 no. 4a - The Sound of a Voice

ARTifact - Wu Man plays a pipa solo
Words from a Zen Garden - David Henry Hwang interview - by Ryan McKittrick
Sounds and Voices - Martin McDonagh introduces Philip Glass's music for the theatre
Bending the Voice - Ryan McKittrick talks with composer Philip Glass
The Witch in the Woods - by Ryan McKittrick explores the Japanese legends tha influenced The Sound of a Voice
Boston Phoenix - Pipa Pair: Philip Glass and David Henry Hwang discuss The Sound of a Voice - by Scott T. Cummings
Morning Edition - Philip Glass, American Minimalist - Bob Oakes, WBUR
PhillipGlass.com - official site of Philip Glass
WuManPipa.org - official site of Wu Man: Chinese Pipa and Ensemble
From a Distance - audio clips and information on Wu Man's new CD, available from the Naxos World label

FEBRUARY 2003 - vol. 1 no. 3b - Highway Ulysses

ARTifact: Ulysses - flash preview!
Homer on the Highway - Ryan McKittrick talks with writer-composer Rinde Eckert
The Empty House Cooperative Rocks the House Live! - by Heather Aronson
Inspired by the Ancients - Episodes from The Odyssey
Selected Texts - A selection from the texts that inspired Rinde Eckert and Robert Woodruff
Boston Phoenix - Highway Homer: Rinde Eckert's road through perdition - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Eckert's Ulysses: The ART maps a musical odyssey - by Scott T. Cummings
Harvard Gazette - Coming down the highway: Innovative Highway Ulysses rethinks classic tale of homebound warrior - by Ken Gewertz

JANUARY 2003 - vol. 1 no. 3a - La Dispute

ARTifact: La Dispute- multimedia preview!
Love Play
- Gideon Lester introduces the theatre of Marivaux
Unreasonable Desire - A selection from the texts and images that informed the production (program notes)
A Century of Change - the life and times of Marivaux
Introducing the SITI Company - by Barbara Whitney
Boston Phoenix - Garden Variety: A.R.T. and SITI settle La Dispute - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Undismissable: Bogart and SITI reckon with Marivaux - by Scott T. Cummings
WBUR - The rhythm and blues of courtship are uppermost in this entertaining production - by Bill Marx
more La Dispute links

DECEMBER 2002 - vol. 1 no. 2 - The Children of Herakles

Welcome - The Children of Herakles
The Balm of Ancient Words - Director Peter Sellars talks to Gideon Lester
Herakles Film Series - The Refugee Experience in Cinema - curated by the Harvard Film Archive
Opinion: The Drama of the Dispossessed - by William Allen
The Refugee Crisis Today
Epic Fragments - lyrics to the Kazhak epic song fragments sung by Ulzhan Baibussynova in the production
Refugee Aid & Advocacy Organizations - an annotated, hyperlinked list compiled by the Carr Foundation
REFUGE: Past > Present > Future - information booklet (pdf) Boston Phoenix - Political Theater: Peter Sellars surrounds The Children of Herakles - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Modern Greek: Peter Sellars adopts Herakles' children - by Carolyn Clay
The Connection (National Public Radio) - Peter Sellars discusses the production with host Dick Gordon
HotReview.org - Real Children and other Quandries - by Scott T. Cummings
New York Times* - Peter Sellars Returns With an Ancient Message - by Stephen Kinzer
New York Times* - What Euripides Knew About Refugees: Everything - by Ron Jenkins
more Children of Herakles links
*free membership required for NYtimes.com

NOVEMBER 2002 - vol. 1 no. 1 - Uncle Vanya

ARTifact - a multimedia production preview!
Welcome to the 2002-03 Season

Moscow's first Uncle Vanya - Chekhov and the Moscow Art Theatre, by Ryan McKittrick
Opinion: When Father Comes Home - by Dr. Philip Freeman, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute
Stalker Inspires Vanya - Tarkovsky's masterpiece inspires the set design for Vanya - by Barbara Whitney
Femme Fatale - program notes - by Arthur Holmberg
Converting the Demon - program notes - by Ryan McKittrick
Boston Phoenix - Vodka Tonic: A searing Vanya on Brattle Street - by Carolyn Clay
Boston Phoenix - Cry Uncle: János Szász is friends with Chekhov - by Scott T. Cummings

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