Michael Blakemore

By John Heilpern 11/29/04 12:00am

Where’s the Drama in Democracy? Frayn’s Latest Forgets Passion

I regret to report my disappointment with Michael Frayn’s admired, and even drooled-over, Democracy, now on Broadway via the National Theatre. To find myself bored by a playwright of such refined intelligence and wit as Mr. Frayn is no facile thing to admit.

I’ve enjoyed his work and that of his cultivated director, Michael Blakemore, Read More

By John Heilpern 11/29/99 12:00am

This Kiss Me, Kate Comeback Is the Swellest Gig in Town

Michael Blakemore’s champagne production of Cole Porter’s 1948 masterpiece Kiss Me, Kate at the Martin Beck is triumphant in every way. It is happily telling us that to have fun at the theater is no crime. It is saying in all its celebratory silliness and romance and intoxicating love of showbiz that we really oughta Read More

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Where’s the Drama in Democracy? Frayn’s Latest Forgets Passion

This Kiss Me, Kate Comeback Is the Swellest Gig in Town

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