By Matthew Kassel 4/03 11:00am

books

living with shakespeare

On the Page: Shakespeare Edition

Living with Shakespeare: Essays by Writers, Actors, and Directors

Edited by Susannah Carson

Vintage, 528 pp., $16

It should come as no surprise that the best essays in Living With Shakespeare are by the writers, not the actors and directors listed in its subtitle. Overall, though, this 500-page collection left me unfulfilled: about a quarter of the way in, I found myself craving the real thing. Why am I getting Shakespeare secondhand, I thought, when I can just go straight to the source? Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 5/01/12 11:27am

the tonys

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield, both Tony nominees for 'Death of a Salesman.'

Once Leads Tony Nominations

The Tony nominations were released this morning, and the musical film adaptation Once leads the field with 11 nominations; it’s nominated for Best Musical alongside Newsies, Nice Work If You Can Get It, and Leap of Faith. The nominees for Best Play include Clybourne Park (a Pultizer-winning play), Other Desert Cities, Peter and the Starcatcher, Read More

By David Foxley 11/20/07 3:28pm

Elizabeth Taylor Asks For One-Day Reprieve From Strike

Elizabeth Taylor, for one, isn’t overly worried about a dearth of writers at next month’s AIDS benefit, to be held at the Paramount Pictures lot in L.A. On December 1, the bejeweled grand dame of Hollywood, 75, is slated to perform A.R. Gurney’s play Love Letters alongside venerable actor James Earl Jones, 76. Read More