Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
The Pasadena Playhouse said today that it has lined up some big theater-world names for its new play program, including Theresa Rebeck (pictured), Lee Blessing and Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz. Hothouse at the Pasadena Playhouse, which began in 2005,...
Parabasis (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
99Seats expands on a point I made earlier about blogospheric assumptions of bad faith, suggesting it's not just a blog disease, but rather a theatre-related illness as well: When Theresa Rebeck writes about the lack of solid structure she sees...
Leonard Link (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
"The Understudy," a comedy by Theresa Rebeck, opened on November 5 at Roundabout Theatre Company in Manhattan. I went to a matinee performance today. This is a three-character play: the stage manager, the star, and the understudy. Julie White plays...
NYtheatre.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Theresa Rebeck is one of New York's most oft-produced playwrights. She writes very well for actors, giving them juicy monologues, strong scenes, and a lot of opportunity for back story. But as wholes, her plays aren't as strong as the sum of their parts. The Understudy is a prime example of this: juicy everything, but very flimsy.
Jazz Dancers NBA (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
24 Hour Plays on Broadway is revving up to be quite the event. 24 Hour Plays on Broadway is featuring playwrights David Lindsay-Abaire, Theresa Rebeck and Nathan Jackson, with musical guest Swedish rock band. A Camp The cast and writers will work to create and perform six, one-act in 24 hours.
Critic-O-Meter (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
GRADE: B- By Theresa Rebeck. Directed by Scott Ellis. At The Laura Pels Theater through January 3rd You might have heard that Julie White is in this play. If you haven't reading any one of these reviews will remind you or that in big starry Technicolor: JULIE WHITE IS IN THIS SHOW! might as well be the blurb on the poster. The now-beloved comedic actress, who won a Tony for playing a...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Theresa Rebeck is one of the brightest and busiest playwrights around, but she needs a new groove. "The Understudy" is a variation on her same showbiz beat.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Julie White is fabricating bountiful laughs from a display of strained nerves in Theresa Rebeck’s scattershot comedy.
About Last Night (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
November 6, 2009TT: All the way homeI review two off-Broadway shows, and , in today's Wall Street Journal drama column. The first is great fun, the second so-so. Here's an excerpt.* * *I've been having trouble figuring out Theresa Rebeck--and I've had a lot of opportunities to try. She writes a new script (or two) every year, and most of her plays make it to New York sooner or later,...
New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Roxanne is a sensible woman. All stage managers are. She wears a comfortable purple hoodie and a headset. She knows where every chair is marked onstage and the timing of every light cue. When a phone rings during a rehearsal, she sharply calls out, “Cell phone! Cell phone!” She scolds actors for eating prop bananas during rehearsal.So we rejoice when, in The Understudy, Theresa Rebeck’s...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
ONLY in the theater could one woman put another in so many humiliating situations and the two still consider each other friends. Even more than friends: a stellar team.Nicole Bengiveno/The New York TimesJulie White backstage with the playwright Theresa Rebeck. “Sometimes I feel that my job on earth is to put through horrible things, watch her writhe and then recover,” the playwright said...
