New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
He really wanted to help his friend , but he was busy with movies, lawsuits, making money, etc., so he could not devote the attention to writing and directing the play that it desperately required.
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Directing his new piece The Starry Messenger has proven an especially ill-starred process for the playwright, involving his wife and his best friend (the leads), late rewrites, the 11th-hour walkout of one actor, and the distraction of a complicated lawsuit over Lonergan's latest film....
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... Last Significant Role: "Alias" What Happened: Jennifer Lopez happened (see also Ben Affleck) Kenneth Lonergan Best Known For: Writer/Director: You Can Count On Me (2000) Last Significant Role: Screenwriter: Gangs of New York (2002) What Happened: Not sure, but writing The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Analyze That sure as hell didn't help. Chris Tucker Best Known For: The...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... photographer Harry Benson's best celebrity shots. Dan Kois talks Fela! and Scott Brown discusses Kenneth Lonergan's latest. And Rebecca Milzoff chats with Judith Jameson, currently in her last full year as artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Read more posts by Mark Graham Filed Under: in the magazine ,
NYtheatre.com (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
The message of Kenneth Lonergan's new play, The Starry Messenger , seems to be that even the most ineffectual and mediocre among us can find success and happiness, as long as they are fortunate enough to have friends and family who will care for them and carry them along.
About Last Night (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
As I noted in my review of The Starry Messenger, Kenneth Lonergan went eight years between plays, and many of...
About Last Night (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
I review two shows in Friday's Wall Street Journal, Kenneth Lonergan's The Starry Messenger and the Broadway transfer of Fela!...
Critic-O-Meter (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
GRADE: C Photo by Monique Carboni Written and Directed by Kenneth Lonnergan. At Theater Row through December 15th Whenever the Times gives a show a bad review but everyone else likes it, we here at Critic-O-Meter tend to get an appreciative e-mail. This will not be one of those days. Despite numerous highly-positive-to-ecstatic reviews of Kenneth Lonnergan's new, rumor-of-disaster-besotted...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
This gentle, compassionate comic drama re-establishes Kenneth Lonergan as a possessor of all the crucial parts of a good dramatist’s anatomy.
New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Fela! can get even a Broadway audience shaking its hips. Plus: Kenneth Lonergan's midlife crisis.
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Former American Idol contestant Syesha Mercado may be the biggest known name in the revival of Dreamgirls that kicked off its national tour at Harlem’s famed Apollo Theatre this week, but it’s an unknown named Moya Angela who’s generating all the buzz as Effie “I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” White, according to EW’s Tanner
TrueBloodNet.com - True Blood News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... is a production of the New Group theatre company. It was written and directed by Oscar nominee Kenneth Lonergan, whose highly acclaimed 1996 play, This Is Our Youth, featured True Blood’s leading actress, Anna Paquin, during its successful run on London’s West End.The Starry Messenger stars Matthew Broderick as a boring astronomy teacher whose life is changed by a surprising encounter....
Final Cut (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... non-linear narrative keeps you hooked from beginning to end 3. You Can Count On Me Director : Kenneth Lonergan Starring : Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick, Rory Culkin Oscars : Nominated for Best Actress (Laura Linney) and Original Screenplay Rotten Tomatoes : 95% Box office : $11million worldwide Why I love it : Great performances from two of the most talented indie...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Matthew Broderick says he's puzzled by the bashing he's received for his actions during the first New York preview of "The Starry Messenger," a new play by good friend Kenneth Lonergan.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Matthew Broderick says he's puzzled by the bashing he's received for his actions during the first New York preview of "The Starry Messenger," a new play by good friend Kenneth Lonergan.
