Friday, September 27, 2024

Sad New: Maggie Smith dead at 89 by Frank Rizzo

Sad news about the death of Maggie Smith. Her pre-Broadway performance in "Private Lives" in Boston in 1975 (which I saw nearly 50 years ago -- and wrote a show-off review for a suburban Mas…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:53AM
Monday, September 23, 2024

“Private Lives”  Relives 1930 Comic Battles between Sexes—at ACT   by K. Marguerite Caronna

Noel Coward Blends Farce & Wit in Elitist Encounters   by K. Marguerite Caronna Whether verbal, emotional, or physical, abuse is often fatal—especially for women. The glorification o…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:56AM
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Review: Punching and tearing are aphrodisiacs in ACT’s ‘Private Lives’ by Lily Janiak

Underneath the surface gloss of Noël Coward’s comedy of manners is a serious truth: Marriage isn’t lovey-dovey. 

SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 04:32PM
Thursday, June 6, 2024

Accolade, Windsor Theatre Royal review - orgy-loving knight makes for topical pre-election drama by Ismene Brown

★★★ACCOLADE, WINDSOR THEATRE ROYAL Pokey questions about public figures' private lives Vintage Emlyn Williams play asks pokey questions about private-public tolerance, despite casting …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:48AM
Friday, January 19, 2024
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Private Lives, Ambassador's Theatre review - classy revival lacking physical excess by Heather Neill

Mature actors bring style and poignancy to Coward's brittle comedy There is a grainy piece of black and white film on YouTube featuring Noel Coward as the celebrity guest on a 1964 edition …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:25PM
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Bradley Cooper's MAESTRO to Screen at the New York Film Festival For North American Premiere in October

Maestro, Bradley Cooper’s new movie about legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, will have its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival. In his directorial fol…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AM
Monday, July 24, 2023
Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Theatre Royal Bath's Private Lives Is West End Bound by Logan Culwell-Block

Patricia Hodge and Nigel Havers will star in the classic Noël Coward comedy beginning next month.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM

Private Lives starring Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodge announces West End transfer by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo The West End transfer of Noël Coward's Private Lives starring Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodge has been announced at the Ambassador's Theatre This post Private Lives starring…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:30AM
Monday, June 12, 2023

Theater Review: “Private Lives” — Time for Retirement? by David Greenham

Even when it is well-performed, as it is here, it is unclear whether Noël Coward's well-constructed comic concoction deserves another theatrical lease on life.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:49AM
Thursday, May 4, 2023

THE VORTEX Chichester Festival Theatre by Libby Purves and Friends

THE ROARING TWENTIES, ROLLING OVER THE EDGE When Noel Coward shocked and enthralled the 1920s with this most bitter and intense of his plays, he was meanwhile hastily finishing the farcical …

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:15PM
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Private Lives by Steven Morris

The post Private Lives appeared first on STAGE RAW - ARTS IN L.A. - SERVED FRESH.

SOURCE: stageraw.com at 08:48PM
Sunday, April 23, 2023

The week in theatre: Dancing at Lughnasa; Private Lives – review by Susannah Clapp

Olivier theatre; Donmar Warehouse, LondonBrian Friel’s thoughtful 1930s drama remains absorbing, while Noel Coward’s classic has fine cigarette work but fails to ignite This is a product…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM
Thursday, April 20, 2023

Private Lives, Donmar Warehouse review - Coward revival cuts to the quick by Matt Wolf

Comedy classic plays up the pain that comes with pleasure It's not often with Private Lives that you feel Amanda and Elyot are one step away from a visit to A&E. But such is the startli…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:12AM
Monday, April 17, 2023

‘The physical fighting feels like an odd choice’: PRIVATE LIVES – Donmar Warehouse by Rev Stan

The first thing I said to my friend during the interval of Private Lives at the Donmar Warehouse was, ‘I don't remember this being a play about domestic violence’. We’d just witnessed …

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Friday, April 14, 2023

Private Lives review: Dark, uptight Coward revival isn’t as revelatory as it thinks by Jessie Thompson

Rachael Stirling and Stephen Mangan play the sparring ex-lovers in a production that emphasises domestic violence

SOURCE: The Independent at 08:18AM

‘The approach unbalances the play entirely’: PRIVATE LIVES – Donmar Warehouse by Maryam Philpott

The sun is setting on Michael Longhurst’s time at the Donmar Warehouse and his penultimate production is a timeless classic, Noel Coward’s sparky and charismatic relationship comedy abou…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM

Private Lives review – Coward’s comedy becomes a stark theatre of cruelty by Kate Wyver

Donmar Warehouse, LondonStephen Mangan and Rachael Stirling bare their teeth in a show that dials up the violence and sometimes struggles to navigate the humour Love is a tempestuous, abusiv…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM

PRIVATE LIVES Donmar, WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

NEVER FLAT, COWARD There ’s always a slight frisson when Noel Coward’s rueful, dark-streaked romantic comedy  is revived in our censorious age.  We are nine decades on from the night i…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 02:06AM
Sunday, April 2, 2023

Rachael Stirling: ‘Promise me you’ll take out half the swearing?’

The actor on sparring with Stephen Mangan in a new Private Lives, why she didn’t want to be a Bond girl, and what she learned from pulling pints Since scandalising BBC viewers more than 20…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Noël Coward was not just an amiable jester but a scathing social satirist | Michael Billington by Michael Billington

He presented himself as a message-free entertainer but, 50 years after his death, it is time to reconsider the variety of the great playwright’s work Anniversaries offer a chance for reapp…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:17AM
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Jennifer Simard and Adam Godley to Join Cast of Once Upon a One More Time by Caitlin Hornik

Two-time Tony Award nominees Jennifer Simard and Adam Godley will join the cast of the upcoming Broadway musical Once Upon a One More Time. Simard will play the role of Stepmother while Godl…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PM
Thursday, December 15, 2022

Blogspot Update December 2022 by Elyse Sommer. by Elyse Sommer

My Favorite Recent Quote Comes From Author of Leopoldstadt"In a scene that takes place in 1955, the young Englishman says to the Jewish man, 'It can’t happen again.’ When the play was b…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:41PM
Friday, November 4, 2022

James Roose-Evans obituary by Michael Coveney

Founder director of the Hampstead theatre club who brought landmark productions to the London stageJames Roose-Evans, the founding director of the Hampstead theatre club, who has died aged 9…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM
Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Review: Raven Theatre’s revival of ‘Private Lives’ is stylish but lacks that romantic fizz by Emily McClanathan

Two couples settle into side-by-side suites, only for one half of each pair to discover that their ex-spouse is staying next door.

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:12AM
Monday, October 10, 2022

Sugar and Schadenfreude: A Review of Private Lives at Raven Theatre by Tristan Bruns

This reimagining of Noël Coward’s classic comedy of manners will have you rooting for scoundrels and cheering on charlatans.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Sexy screwball comedy with a twist by Albert Williams

“Extraordinary,” muses Amanda, the heroine of Noël Coward’s Private Lives, “how potent cheap music is.” Her rueful observation, uttered while she is standing on the terrace of a h…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:10PM

A Noël Coward Documentary Is in the Works by Logan Culwell-Block

The writer-actor's works include Present Laughter, Private Lives, and Blithe Spirit.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM
Monday, July 11, 2022

‘Eminently watchable, but I wasn’t dazzled’: THE DANCE OF DEATH – Arcola Theatre by John Chapman

August Strindberg’s The Dance Of Death from 1900 has been credited with prefiguring the works of Beckett, Ionesco, Pinter and most notably provided a template for Edward Albee’s Who’s …

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM

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