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ARTicles vol. 7 no. 4
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| AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER ANNOUNCES THREE FESTIVALS FOR 2009/10 SEASON |
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| MAY-JUNE 2009 - vol. 7 no. 4b - Romance and Sex, Satire, Romance, and Ducks: A David Mamet Celebration |
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| MARCH-APRIL 2009 - vol. 7 no. 4a - Trojan Barbie |
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| FEBRUARY-MARCH 2009 - vol. 7 no. 3b - Endgame |
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| JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2009 - vol. 7 no. 3a - The Seagull |
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| DECEMBER 2008-JANUARY 2009 - vol. 7 no. 2b - Aurélia's Oratorio |
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| 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
• ARTicles Vol. 7 No. 2 - entire issue as PDF, requires current version of free reader from Adobe.com |
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| SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2008 - vol. 7 no. 1 - Let Me Down Easy |
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| MAY–JUNE 2008 - vol. 6 no. 4 - Cardenio |
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| APRIL–MAY 2008 - vol. 6 no. 3b - Elections and Erections: A Chonicle of Fear and Fun |
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| FEBRUARY–MARCH 2008 - vol. 6 no. 3a - Julius Caesar |
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| JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2008 - vol. 6 no. 2b - Copenhagen |
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| NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2007 - vol. 6 no. 2a - No Child ... |
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| OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2007 - vol. 6 no. 1b - Donnie Darko |
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| AUGUST-OCTOBER 2007 - vol. 6 no. 1a - Don Juan Giovanni & Figaro - Sxip's Hour of Charm - The Veiled Monologues |
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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 |
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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
ARTicles Vol. 5 No. 4 - entire issue as PDF, requires free reader version 6 or later from Adobe.com, print at 68% for 8.5x11 |
| 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
ARTicles Vol. 5 No. 4 - entire issue as PDF, requires free reader version 6 or later from Adobe.com, print at 68% for 8.5x11 |
| FEBRUARY - MARCH 2007 - vol. 5 no. 3b - Oliver Twist |
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| JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2007 - vol. 5 no. 3a - Britannicus |
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| DECEMBER 2006 - JANUARY 2007 - vol. 5 no. 2bc - The Onion Cellar - The Importance of Being Earnest |
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| NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2006 - vol. 5 no. 2a - Wings of Desire |
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| 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 |
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| MAY 2006 - vol. 4 no. 4c - Charlie Victor Romeo |
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| APRIL 2006 - vol. 4 no. 4b - (I am) Nobody's Lunch |
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| MARCH-APRIL 2006 - vol. 4 no. 4a - Orpheus X |
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| JANUARY-MARCH 2006 - vol. 4 no. 3 - Romeo and Juliet |
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| JANUARY 2006 - vol. 4 no. 2c - No Exit - Home Movies |
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| NOVEMBER 2005 - JANUARY 2006 - vol. 4 no. 2b - Three Sisters |
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| NOVEMBER 2005 - vol. 4 no. 2a - the UnPOSSESSED |
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| OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2005 - vol. 4 no. 1b - The Keening |
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| SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2005 - vol. 4 no. 1a - Carmen |
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| JUNE-JULY 2005 - vol. 3 no. 3c - Amerika - Frogz |
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| MAY-JUNE 2005 - vol. 3 no. 3b - Desire Under the Elms |
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| APRIL
2005 - vol. 3 no. 3a - Olly's Prison |
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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 |
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| MARCH
2005 - vol. 3 no. 2b - Dido, Queen
of Carthage |
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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 |
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| FEBRUARY
2005 - vol. 3 no. 2a - the far
side of the moon |
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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 |
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| DECEMBER
2004 - JANUARY 2005 - vol. 3 no. 1b - South
African Festival |
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| NOVEMBER
2004 - vol. 3 no. 1a - The Provok'd
Wife |
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| 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 |
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| MAY
2004 - vol. 2 no. 4a - Oedipus |
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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
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| MARCH
2004 - vol. 2 no. 3b - The
Birthday Party |
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| DECEMBER
2003 - vol. 2 no. 3a - A Midsummer
Night's Dream |
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NOVEMBER
2003 - vol. 2 no. 2 - Snow in
June |
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SEPTEMBER
2003 - vol. 2 no. 1 - Lady
with a Lapdog |
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JUNE
2003 - vol. 1 no. 4b - Pericles |
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MAY
2003 - vol. 1 no. 4a - The Sound
of a Voice |
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FEBRUARY
2003 - vol. 1 no. 3b - Highway
Ulysses |
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JANUARY
2003 - vol. 1 no. 3a - La
Dispute |
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DECEMBER
2002 - vol. 1 no. 2 - The
Children of Herakles |
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NOVEMBER
2002 - vol. 1 no. 1 - Uncle
Vanya |
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