By John Heilpern 3/31/09 12:33pm

Move Over Lear! New Crazed King in Town

It’s a pleasure to acclaim Geoffrey Rush in Eugène Ionesco’s 1962 absurdist masterpiece Exit the King. Put simply, Mr. Rush is giving one of the greatest virtuoso performances I’ve ever seen.

And, in the best of all possible ways, it’s a daringly old-fashioned performance—the kind we feel exceptionally lucky to witness nowadays. From his Read More

By John Heilpern 4/20/98 12:00am

Wacky Broadway Gaga Over Theater of the Absurd!

Absurd things are always absurdly welcome in our house. The news that Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner, who played Siamese twins in the musical Side Show , can qualify for a Tony Award as one actress is a deliriously funny case in point. The New York Times gravely announced that the producers of the long-since-closed Read More