April 3, 2011 | Theatre,
“I am more than Amadeus.”
Part two of a three-part series on Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham By Alyssa Mulligan Some may say that the pinnacle of actor F. Murray Abraham’s career was when he...
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March 30, 2011 | Theatre,
Merchant of Venice: It’s All About the Ducats
By Jason Rabin What happens when commerce dominates the soul of a society? Shakespeare had some thoughts. It’s a central subject of his The Merchant of Venice, a comedy of...
Read MoreMarch 29, 2011 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,
The Power of Live Theatre
It’s a thrill for any theatre-goer to witness a transcendent performance; one that takes your breath away, is burnished on your brain forever, and is anchored not in technique and...
Read MoreMarch 29, 2011 | Theatre,
The Tale behind The Merchant of Venice?
A patron recently brought to our attention a story printed in Jacob R. Marcus’ The Jew in the Medieval World that illuminates one of Shakespeare’s possible sources for The Merchant...
Read MoreMarch 23, 2011 | Theatre,
“Shylock is me.”
Part one of a three-part series on Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham By Alyssa Mulligan Sitting in the Semel Theatre on Emerson’s campus with fellow students and faculty, I anxiously...
Read MoreMarch 22, 2011 | Theatre,
Peter Brook: Theatre Legend (Part 2)
By Jason Rabin In his native Britain, Brook is known as a sort of high priest of Avant-Garde Theatre, partly because so many of his projects have had an epic spiritual...
Read MoreMarch 21, 2011 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,
Spring at ArtsEmerson
The first day of spring ushers in one of the most active months in our first season with the opening of two works from Peter Brook’s celebrated company from Paris,...
Read MoreMarch 21, 2011 | Theatre,
Meet Fragments and Grand Inquisitor Actor Bruce Myers
By Jason Rabin Not only does Bruce Myers have pretty much the most legit British stage actor pedigree there is—RADA to the RSC—he’s also rolled with legendary director Peter Brook...
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