Noel Coward

Guest Five-Word Review of: Calendar Girls (Noël Coward Theatre)

Five-Word Reviews (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009

Heartwarming ensemble of experienced actresses. Guest review by: Candace Kuss

'Brief Encounter,' based on Noel Coward one-act, makes a very special affair

NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009

The most blissfully entertaining and inventive show in town isn't running on or off Broadway. It's in DUMBO at St. Ann's Warehouse, where "Brief Encounter" opened last night.

Sunday Night is... Noel Coward

George Szirtes (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

Coward in 1955 on American TV absolutely ripping through 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'. The man is just too too brilliant, dear boy. His timing is out of this world. 'Same native, pay no attention...' * On Friday to see the UEA students performing Ödön von Horváth 's Tales from the Vienna Woods . They do a rather good job with some smart direction, right down to the risqué...

Classic Noel Coward

Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

From the Stately Homes of England: Though our mental equipment may be slight And we barely distinguish left from right, We are quite prepared to fight For our principles, Though none of us know so far What they really are. James Morton 1100-5255 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario M2N 6P4 416 225 2777

Brief Encounter

Critic-O-Meter (Free subscription) | yesterday

GRADE: A- Photo by Pavel Antonov Adapted and directed by Emma Rice (adapted from Noel Coward's Still Life and the screenplay Brief Encounter ). St. Ann's Warehouse. Through Jan. 7. Aside from Newsroom New Jersey 's Michael Sommer, who has an affection for the source material, critics rave about Emma Rice's adaptation of Noel Coward's Brief Encounter . Many critics say this...

Jiggery Pokery, Battersea Arts Centre, London

The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday

Kenneth Tynan once noted that Noël Coward had been Slightly in Peter Pan as a child, and wholly in Peter Pan ever since. Charles Hawtrey, who played the same role, was much more of a lost boy, as we see in this one-woman show, in which Amanda Lawrence impersonates him and 47 other characters, male, female and animal. Jiggery Pokery, described by the director and co-author Paul Hunter as...

Writers' Theatre hosts a marvelous party

THE METHODS REPORTER (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

Writers' Theatre transforms the back of a Glencoe bookstore ino an elegant 1930s nightclub, complete with glossy black grand piano and tiny cocktail tables, for their delicious Noel Coward revue. ... (Like this story? Click the headline to vote it up on WindyCitizen.com)

Peter Schjeldahl: Urs Fischer, at the New Museum.

The New Yorker - Arts and Culture (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

8220;Why must the show go on'” Noël Coward wondered. The question recurs apropos a desperately ingratiating Urs Fischer exhibition at the New Museum. Frail japes by the mildly talented Swiss-born sculptor—the international art world’s chief gadfly wit since Maurizio Cattelan faded . . .

Talk About Innovative Theatre

Bird's Eye View (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

Last night I went to a terrific live production of Noel Coward's "Brief Encounter," adapted by Emma Rice, who also directs the stunning ensemble cast from Kneehigh Theatre. It's a brilliant adaption of a classic movie that ties together live...

Boom! | DVD review

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

... (Richard Burton dressed as a Samurai warrior). In his penultimate screen appearance, Noël Coward is never out of a dinner jacket as Goforth's extremely camp confidant, known to her as the Witch of Capri. The film is beautifully photographed by Douglas Slocombe on the storm-lashed coast of Sardinia and is breathtakingly designed by Losey's regular collaborator Richard Macdonald. Mrs...

Quotable quotes by celebrity twitter and critics....

The Stage - Newsblog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

... who I noticed the other day has resorted to quoting celebrity endorsements instead outside the Noel Coward Theatre, including the likes of Christopher...

This Play Really Wants to Be a Movie

New York Times (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

The stage production of “Brief Encounter” is the mischievous child of David Lean and Noël Coward.

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Noises off: what's the best way to train an actor?

The Guardian - The blog Theatre (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009

To use method, or not use method, is the question this week. Plus: do American audiences get farce? "Learn the lines and don't bump into the furniture." Such were the words of Noël Coward when discussing the art of acting. Of course, few people would claim that the performer's art was this simple. Acting is not just the art of transforming yourself into something else; it also...