You might spot The Public Theater’s new top dog at the Delacorte’s opening night performance of Hair in Central Park tonight. Andrew D. Hamingson, former helmer of the Atlantic Theater Company, will make his first unofficial appearance in his new role as executive director of the Public at the rock musical.
Mr. Hamingson, 45, Read More
Oskar Eustis is the creative director of the Public Theatre that put on Bertolt Brecht’s play Mother Courage and Her Children in the summer of 2006, translated by Tony Kushner and starring Meryl Streep. John Walter is a director that made the film Theatre of War documenting the production of the play that Read More
The Real Ari Gold
To the Editor:
The answer to the question in the front-page headline of Sara Vilkomerson’s cover story, “Who Is Driving Ari Gold Crazy?”, is this: Entourage’s Ari Gold is driving the real-life Ari Gold crazy [“Ari vs. Mata Hari,” April 2]. Despite being told by record executives that I should change Read More
This is Oskar Eustis’ first season as artistic director of the Public Theater, and of course we all wish him well. The Public is just about the last of our major nonprofit theaters not to sell out to Broadway (though it’s had its shaky moments). Crucially, it’s the only leading nonprofit that seems to be Read More
