Fuente Ovejuna Review: The New York Review of Books
“A rare new production of Lope de Vega’s Fuente Ovejuna brings home the play’s sense of threatened violence and constant danger.” Read the full review here.
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BroadwayWorld: Orpheus Descending Cast Announcement
“Maggie Siff, Pico Alexander & More to Star in ORPHEUS DESCENDING at TFANA. Orpheus Descending is TFANA’s first production of a play by Tennessee Williams and the final production of TFANA’s 22-23 Season.” Read more from BroadwayWorld here.
Orpheus Descending – “Productions We Can’t Wait to See This Summer.” – New York Magazine
“A lesser-known Tennessee Williams play gets an appealing star in Maggie Siff (of Billions) — to be directed by Mac Beth’s Erica Schmidt.” Read more from New York Magazine here.
Orpheus Descending – Summer Theatre Preview in The New Yorker
“And what was the last time that Tennessee Williams’s “Orpheus Descending” (Polonsky Shakespeare Center, July 9) was given a serious New York production? The glittering Maggie Siff (“Mad Men,” “Billions”) stars in the superheated Southern drama at Brooklyn’s Theatre for…
360° Viewfinder: Fuente Ovejuna
Read the Fuente Ovejuna 360° Viewfinder, the Theatre’s free online guide to the production. This issue centers discussion around Lope de Vega’s subversive investigations into power, human rights, and resistance through scholarly articles by Barbara Fuchs, Carlos Bousoño, and Douglas Parker and…
Wedding Band Receives 3 Drama League, 4 Outer Critics Circle, and 4 Drama Desk Nominations
This week, Theatre for a New Audience’s production of Alice Childress’s Wedding Band received three Drama League Award nominations, four Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, and four Drama Desk Award nominations. These recent accolades are in addition to three Obies,…
Wedding Band Wins 3 Obie Awards
The winners of the 66th Obie Awards, covering the 2020-2022 seasons, were announced on February 24, 2023. Three artists were honored for their work on Theatre for a New Audience’s production of Alice Childress’s Wedding Band: Awoye Timpo for Direction,…
360° Viewfinder: Exploring Shakespeare’s Histories
Read the Richard II & Henry IV 360° Viewfinder, the Theatre’s free online guide to the production. This issue includes an investigation into power rupture, passing, and legitimacy in the history plays by Tanya Pollard as well as Ayanna Thompson’s interview with director Eric…
Playbill: Workshops Cast Announcement
“Broadway Alums to star in Repertory Workshop of Richard II and Henry IV at TFANA. Theatre for a New Audience has announced the repertory cast for its upcoming run of Experimental Workshops/Exploring the Histories at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center. Five script-in-hand performances…
Esquire: The Side of Denis Johnson You Never Knew
“One of the play’s greatest distinctions, at least for me, is that it feels less like a narrative and more like life, like watching an actual party. Sometimes the best plays don’t come across as plays. Narratives, especially traditional ones,…