Topic: Mark Rylance

Every year when the New York Drama Critics' Circle gives out its awards, there's a rare opportunity for the critical community to meet the creative...
Even if 2010 wasn't a banner year in theater, there was still much to savor. That includes stars and newcomers delivering A-plus performances to...
T.R. Knight, Brendan Fraser, Patrick Stewart, David Hyde Pierce and Mark Rylance are among the high-profile actors whose Broadway season has ended...
T.R. Knight, Brendan Fraser, Patrick Stewart, David Hyde Pierce and Mark Rylance are among the high-profile actors whose Broadway season has ended rather abruptly.. Those are the early casualties after poor box-office results, weak reviews or a combination of both shortened ...
Last week on Upstaged, we offered a tally of 14 Broadway shows scheduled to close in January. Whatever problems people may have with the script, however, there has been general consensus that the great Mark Rylance is giving a tour-de-force comic turn ...
High and low art collide deliriously in "La Bete," David Hirson's quirky comedy set in 17th-century France and spoken in verse.. . Back on Broadway ...

David Hirson

Considering his vocation, it's not surprising that David Hirson is a stickler for words. Hirson's love for language is evident in his farce La B??te, which opened and quickly closed on the Main Stem in 1991 after being trounced ...
Mark Rylance, David Hyde Pierce shine in verbally virtuosic verse comedy 'La Bete'It's easy to see why "La Bete" wasn't belle of the ball on its first run in 1991, lasting only 25 performances on Broadway.David Hirson's ...
Weisz, Rylance take acting honors at Olivier theater awards; 'The Mountaintop' named best playRachel Weisz added a stage accolade to Hollywood stardom Sunday, winning the best-actress prize at London's Laurence Olivier theater awards for her role in "A Streetcar Named Desire ...

Luther King drama "Mountaintop" wins UK play award

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - "The Mountaintop," about civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King on the night before his assassination, scooped the best new play honor at the coveted Laurence Olivier awards on Sunday.The win for 28-year-old U.S. playwright Katori Hall at ...