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More Tonys Talk, etc 2006-12-18 00:45:00 A Variety article talks about how much of a blazing success CoU has been and talks Tonys
and ticket sales.Dandelion Petals loved Voyage and wanted to hug Belinski.BroadwayWorld has a video with lots of clips from the play and of Jennifer Ehle. It also includes reasonably long interviews with the cast (unfortunately Ms Ehle is almost the only person they left out!).Dinner with Tom Stoppard? Yes please.If you'd like to have dinner with playwright Tom Stoppard, you might want to sign up for a panel hosted by the The Drama Desk on Monday, January 8 at Tony's Di Napoli (147 West 43rd Street). It's not a tête-a-tête but thes panels preceded by a buffet dinner (starting at 5pm) are friendly and informal. Moderating the conversation with Sir Stoppard will be Drama Desk's genial president William Wolf and author Margaret Croyden. Tickets are $25 for Drama Desk members and $45 for non-members. Reservations emailed to wolf@wolfentertainmentguide.com are a must
New Photos 2006-12-20 06:26:00 From Playbill News
Star Tribune has an article on Tom Stoppard and his writing genious.
City Specific has written a positive review on Shipwreck and likes Jennifer Ehle's Natalie.
Jennifer Ehle and Brian F. O'Byrne as Natalie and Alexander Herzen are the stars of this installment, and they each manage to shed the problems I saw in the first one, turning in good performances that carry the show along. No one quite stands out quite like Billy Crudup did playing Belinsky in the first part, although Ehle does show her chops (and other things*) playing Natalie (*Refering to her nude scene)
Shipwreck reviews 2006-12-21 23:32:00 The LCT blog has been updated: "New York 1848"All That Chat has been talking about Ms Ehle in Shipwreck
, although their reviews
contain spoilers. First mention: I'm surprised to see so little mention of Jennifer Ehle. I walked away from the performance feeling that this portion was really her play. Though Herzen is clearly the main character, it seems that Ehle is given all the best moments (and the final bow). Judging from the first two plays, Ehle is really getting the choice female roles. And boy is she great!Second mention: I liked Ehle a lot in this one too - it's a very different character from Lubov in Part I and she draws the distinction well. Third mention mention (with spoilers). There are lots of other Ehle-non-specific reviews as well, here.
Shipwreck Opening Night 2006-12-24 02:50:00 Playbill.com reports on the Shipwreck
opening night. It appears good friend Julianna Margulies was there in support as well!
Julianna Margulies, of "E.R.," who did time at Lincoln Center, too (Ten Unknowns) and Broadway last spring (Festen), was Ehle's cheerleader for the evening. "Yes, I am also biased, but I think it's a spectacular theatrical experience." She hopes to be back on the boards herself soon. "I'm looking for something, but I always need a break in between."
Ehle, who copped her Tony as another of Stoppard's chaotically married women in the revival of The Real Thing six years ago, would be more than at home in the role without the little summer brush-up she did as Lady Macbeth opposite Liev Schreiber in the park.
"I have never been as happy on stage saying a playwright's words as when I am playing a Stoppard woman," she declared. "It's true. I just adore attempting to embody them."
Accent on "body." She does a nude scene here, and O'Brien has directed it with Read more:Night
Bloomberg Article 2006-12-24 02:50:00 This BloombergArticle
explains the plot of Shipwreck.There's also a review from Surplus. More available at the website.Last night marked, as far as things are planned, my last theatrical expedition of 2006 - part two of The Coast of Utopia, Shipwreck. (Top ten list coming soon, since I wrote it up at home, and saved it there, and if I were to try to recreate it here, it would inevitably be wrong.) I don't have a ton to say about Shipwreck - my reaction is very similar to how I took part one (scroll down), if last night's curtain call, though staged the same, was less thrilling. I also wasn't in quite as attentive a mental place (or as close-to-the-front a seat), but that couldn't entirely ruin it. Notable differences: Jennifer Ehle was great. And also hot, while pulling off the most tasteful (as in least distracting or uncomfortable-making) nude scene ever. She looks like a painting. "I've seen that in the Met." And speaking of hot and incredibly talented, at the risk of soundi
Merry Christmas 2006-12-25 00:31:00 Got some goodies, and thanks to Kate for all the pointers. Goodness knows we (I) can be slack around Christmas
time.
Firstly, Broadway World has a series of reviews from forumers. Some are positive and some aren't so nice, but use your discretion.
New York Daily News gives a mention, not all positive but generally impressed.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says that Shipwreck is "fine, emotional stuff"... plus a review.
That's all for now. Have a great Christmas everyone! Read more:Merry
, Merry Christmas
Large Shipwreck Update 2006-12-27 00:04:00 Reviews have built up during Christmas, so I'll just do them all in one post.Leading The Charge and International Herald Tribune have the same review and describe Jennifer Ehle's performance like this: One involves the lovely Jennifer Ehle , bewitching as Herzen"s free-spirited wife. She is a woman who gives a bit too freely — and to one too many people. Her dalliance with German poet George Herwegh (a humorously self-centered David Harbour) threatens to capsize her marriage to Herzen. Elysa Gardner from USA Today is impressed by Shipwreck
's script and scope. Ehle makes a convincing soul mate and sparring partner, relaying Natalie's fierce emotions and convictions with a stringent intensity.The Variety Review is out: The compelling work of O'Byrne and Ehle dominates the play, and their confrontation, when Alexander learns of Natalie's affair, is shattering.Newsday.com reports: Women, who seemed a bit too "Little Women" in the first section, have far more fascinating things to Read more:Update
Tagboard hints 2006-12-29 01:10:00 I haven't been looking at the tagboard as often as I should! As a result, I neglected these little pointers!
Firstly, there's a video of Voyage clips and production photos on the LCT site.
Secondly, the LCT site put up a whole heap of reviews for each part of the trilogy.
There's some talk on BroadwayWorld about Shipwreck. Some good, some bad.
Nothin' Like a Dame 2007 2006-12-29 00:57:00 The Nothin' Like a Dame concert has been set for March 19 2007, and though Jennifer Ehle and Rosemary Harris were in it last year, it has not yet been confirmed whether they will be attending this year.After-party activity was reported by Variety: Amidst such camaraderie, the mood was quite light at an after-party following the weighty, sprawling play about 19th-century Russian revolutionaries: Ethan Hawke held court in a black vest seemingly not bothering to change out of one of his costumes, while Jennifer Ehle instead changed from her period frocks and wig into ratty jeans and a leather jacket to gracefully accept compliments at the Avery Fisher Hall dinner.Meantime, Martha Plimpton couldn't sit still, flitting about and successfully working the room. "Wait till you see the next part," enthused the show's director Jack O'Brien when asked how he's managed to create a legit show that's staged like a perfectly shot film. "I'm gonna blow this shit up!" This picture is from the o
Happy New Year! 2006-12-31 23:34:00 Third Row, Mezzanine reviews Coast of Utopia.
Again, Theatre Snobbery at its Finest:
In 2006, we were treated to the first two parts of Tom Stoppard's delicious trilogy about Russian intellectuals. The plays couldn't be any more different: Voyage is a soap opera that flits and floats, while Shipwreck delves deeply into the psyches of the central characters. Can't wait for Salvage (Broadway-Vivian Beaumont Theatre).
The Daily Record gives a critical review.
There's also an update on LCT Blog: "The Man Behind the Curtain" Read more:Happy
, Happy New Year
The New Yorker Review 2007-01-03 02:21:00 The New Yorker
review is here, and they loved Ms Ehle!
Herzen and his wife, his first cousin Natalie (Jennifer Ehle, appropriately luscious and self-regarding here), hope for better medical attention for their child abroad, but they cannot move to Europe without government approval. Alexander and Varvara's eldest daughter, Liubov (Jennifer Ehle, who is stupendous in the role), on the other hand, is intelligent, a reader and a writer, the soft counterpart to her brother's brashness and blind pronouncements.
Excuse the french, but Slack Bastard has written a critique of the New Yorker article that was earlier published, if you're interested. You have to watch the french in that too.
Livejournal-er, Uberspock, loved CoU.
Shipwreck Opening Party 2007-01-04 00:10:00 There are lots of photos from the Shipwreck
Opening Party
at Broadway.com. Jennifer Ehle is featured in 6 photos!
All That Chat are making Tony predictions... featuring The Coast of Utopia, and Ms Ehle as potential winners.
Salvage Opening Re-scheduled 2007-01-05 05:22:00 Salvage has been re-scheduled to open on February 18th instead of the 15th. The story is at Broadway World.And WELCOME BACK TINA!! We hope everyone had a fantastic time in the meet-up in New York. She also informed me upon arrival that I missed this article from the New York Times. Read more:Salvage
Frustrated shepherdess? 2007-01-06 08:07:00 Back! The writeup from the front lines will come soonish, one day, maybe, but for now here's something from the incredible package of clippings Agent E was kind enough to send me. There's also a photo which is coming later. Square bracket bits are words that were cut off and guessed. Note the date!
Jennifer Ehle wins KLT's Campbell Scholarship
By Lee HopeKernersville NewsSeptember 17, 1987
For the second year the Herbert Alan Campbell Memorial Scholarship has been awarded at the North Carolina School of the Arts.
This year's recipient is Jennifer Anne Ehle, a 17-year-old Winston-Salem girl who enters the school this fall as a freshman to study drama.
The scholarship was established by members of the Kernersville Little Theatre two years ago in honor of one of their members, Herbert Alan Campbell. Campbell was killled in a tragic automobile accident just days after the theatre's final performance of "Dracula".
The award provides tuition and fees to the winner for the freshman ye Read more:Frustrated
Scannage 1970-01-01 00:59:59 In order: 1) 10+ years' worth of clippings, massive thanks to Agent E; 2) scan of NY Times Shipwreck review cos hard copy is nerdily exciting, 3) photo of said review, 4) photo from the New Yorker, 5) photo from scholarship article below. By the way, you might notice we've got a new labels feature since we upgraded to the new Blogger. Bear with us while we catalogue our 1100-odd posts (owch).
"Steals the show" 1970-01-01 00:59:59 David Cote of Time Out NY reviews Shipwreck.Apparently the law of trilogies is as true for Tom Stoppard as it was for George Lucas and Peter Jackson: Second parts kick butt. [...]The febrile, talky caricatures that Stoppard and director Jack O'Brien piled onstage in Voyage are finally standing up and demanding attention. The marital woes of Herzen and his metaphysically unhappy wife (Jennifer Ehle, shrewd and glowing) are quite compelling, as are the political and cultural agendas of playboy-anarchist Michael Bakunin (the perfectly cast Ethan Hawke), Slavophilic literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (Billy Crudup, unrecognizably homely) and moderate novelist Ivan Turgenev (delicately touching Jason Butler Harner). Their heated arguments, which Stoppard renders with singular grace, humor and poignancy, continue Utopia's grand, sympathetic critique of 19th-century philosophical reform.Leonard Link adored Ms Ehle's Natalie:[...] But the stars of Part II are Brian F. O'Byrne as Alexande
Lightbulb 1970-01-01 00:59:59 "Shines", "brilliance", "luminous" (x2), "electric"...all point to one thing!Anyway. Just uploaded a bunch of Coast of Utopia images onto our Photobucket album, borrowed from the LCT's multimedia section, Playbill multimedia, the NY Times Shipwreck slideshow, as well as Newsday's. There are four random scans from the clippings package as well. That one there is from the Utopia Playbill. Familiar photo, no?On with the bread and butter. Leonard Jacobs of Backstage:[...] Beyond Jack O'Brien's staging (far less obstreperous than in Voyage), beyond Stoppard's dense-as-a-thicket dialogue (where a dispute about coffee might naturally precede a debate about censorship), what's increasingly admirable is how beautifully the actors zero in on the key qualities each scene must convey. If Stoppard gives himself barely any time to convey truth, story, and character, the actors have even less of it. In this sense, O'Byrne is a dynamo. His Herzen has a stark freshness, while Ehle's voice re Read more:Lightbulb
More Macbeth video and reviews 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Check out WCBS-TV's video
from Macbeth
. It has a little less yak than the NY1 so that we get to hear a bit of the "all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand" speech (and an impressive yowl). The review is a little lukewarm though. In contrast, Hilton Als of the New Yorker finds freshness in the gender-bending theme and depiction of the Macbeths as a "fractured political family".In Ehle, [Kaufman] has a willing collaborator. At the start of the play, Lady Macbeth receives a letter that her husband, a legendarily fierce Scottish general, has sent from the front, where he has helped save Scotland from a hostile takeover by the King of Norway. Macbeth tells her of the Weird Sisters' prophecy that he will one day be king. As she reads, Lady Macbeth finds herself dreaming of the blood yet to be spilled—of the rivers that will flow if only she can guide Macbeth to power. The blood that will stain her husband's hands is less offensive to her than her own menstrual blo Read more:reviews
Financial Times Review 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Nice and positiveClosing one's eyes at the theatre is usually taken as a sign of fatigue, or boredom brought on by the performance. It can also be a useful exercise. With Shakespeare, especially, to focus on the sound is to gauge the success of the evening, even when a severe directorial concept has been applied.With the Public Theatre's Macbeth, free in Central Park until July 9, the deliberately blinkered approach would lead you to the conclusion that Liev Schreiber alone, in the title role, knows what he is doing. The verse-speaking is smooth, the baritone timbre sufficient to suggest the role's standard depravity as well as the thwarted nobility that Schreiber tries to bring to the part.Sound by itself, on the other hand, would yield a more severe verdict for Jennifer Ehle, the production's Lady Macbeth. Her voice, denuded of visual cues, tends to fade like a mobile telephone in the mountains. And yet, eyes wide open, she kept compelling my attention. She looks spectacularl Read more:Financial
, Times
, Financial Times
Good and bad news 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Ann from EhleNews says that the show was rained out on the night she went (Sunday?), but received ample compensation. Membership of EhleNews is required to read the message.Meanwhile, to American readers, happy 4th of July!
Macbeth video, Utopia books 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Malcolm Johnson of the Hartford Courant gives descriptive report of Macbeth
. In CurtainUp's review Les Gutman admires the leads' elocution but finds their marital passion lacking, and William Wolf doesn't feel it either. But look, there's video
! NY1 has a RealPlayer-format review with clips from the play. Roma Torre doesn't get Ms Ehle's interpretation though. Luckily Michael Criscuolo of nytheater.com does:As for the performances, Liev Schreiber is a blessing as Macbeth. His is not a flashy performance, just a solid, grounded one, in which he reveals a deep understanding of the role. His Macbeth is not ambitious or power-hungry—he's just a good soldier who makes a bad decision (albeit, one that triggers a domino effect from which he cannot extricate himself). Schreiber plays him as a once strong man who breaks himself. Indeed, the Thane of Cawdor shall sleep no more, as Schreiber uses Macbeth's foretold insomnia to escalate his deterioration.He's the perfect antithesis to J Read more:Utopia
Google provides 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Voila, the Charlie Rose interview with Liev Schreiber is online thanks to Google
Video. It's not very dialup-friendly but apparently has two clips from Macbeth. Word from ATC is that it's repeating at 1.30pm today (Thursday).Still can't find the ABC feature for free anywhere, so you might have to sign up for a trial subscription. Only for Windowsers though, curses.To the roundup - nothing very exciting. Reviews from Village Voice and blogger Jaime aren't very enthusiastic. Elsewhere in blogland, chelseagirl147 digs the Macbeths' chemistry and is surprised at Ms Ehle's American accent while delancey reckons Mr Schreiber's accent goes Deep South when he's emoting.Whatever, you have only a couple of days left to make up your own mind about Macbeth! It closes on July 9th.
Barbican Alpha Male tix 1970-01-01 00:59:59 You can now book tickets for screenings of Alpha
Male at the Barbican, running from August 11 - 24.They've got this blurb from Anton Bitel of Total Film:"Subtly written, beautifully performed, and moving without being mawkish... it's 'Three Birthdays and a Funeral' but without a trace of Hugh Grant's comic bumbling"Can't wait!Oh yeah, the Google HTML cache of El Interview is back up (original's in PDF format). Here: Part 1 (career & profession), Part 2 (specific works), Parts 3-5 (motherhood & family; geography, nationality & accent; interests & personality), Parts 5-6 (misc & silly questions; Colin Firth/Kevin Spacey fangirl questions). The formatting's still funky though.
Macbeth stills 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Photographer Michal Daniel of Proofsheet has the largest collection of Macbeth
production stills found so far, 27 beautiful photos.Have a look at Film Magic's coverage of the Macbeth afterparty too. The photos including Jennifer Ehle we've posted before.
Macbeth and miscellany 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Broadway.com has photos from Macbeth
's opening night. Jennifer Ehle's in the first with Liev Schreiber and the 13th photo with Julianna Margulies. Thanks Kate!Writing with Zest has a handful of Livejournal icons from Macbeth production stills.Limmy's World Tour has a couple of photos, one of the stage and one of singleted Liev Schreiber.Gawker has a sweet stagedoor story with Liev Schreiber.Early buzz for The Coast of Utopia in the Poughkeepsie Journal:Coming in October: Put Tom Stoppard's "The Coast of Utopia" on your calendar for the fall. This is his three-part epic that spans a 30-year period as it tells the panoramic story of a group of Russian writers who strive to create a new political system using only their minds as weapons. You'll be able to see the show in three separate showings or in an all-day marathon — if you can stand it.
Aux armes, citoyens! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Agent E has suggested that we storm the New York Public Library with requests to film Macbeth for the archives. So it is the 11th hour, but what do we have to lose?Here are the generic contact details:Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center40 Lincoln Center PlazaNew York, N.Y. 10023-7498Phone: (212) 870-1630performingarts@nypl.orgAnd e-mails for relevant collections - tis always more effective to write to real people rather than generic addresses. Their phone numbers are at the above link.theatrediv@nypl.org (Theatre Collection)rtaylor@nypl.org (Robert Taylor, curator of the Theatre Collection)phoffman@nypl.org (Patrick Hoffman, director of Theatre on Film and Tape Archive)The Real Thing can be seen at NYPL's archives as well as a tape from the Neil Simon benefit.
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