FilmStruck “Director of the Week” John Huston always got great performances, from Humphrey Bogart in the 1940s to his daughter Anjelica Huston in the ’80s,
Tag: Rudyard Kipling
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Congo Square’s A Small Oak Tree Runs Red, Black Ensemble’s The Marvin Gaye Story, and ten more new theater reviews
Two African-American companies present revelatory dramas.
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The boys who made The Jungle Book sing
The Boys, a documentary about Disney songwriters Richard and Robert Sherman, is a surprising and fascinating adjunct to Mary Zimmerman’s new stage production.
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“That felt wrong”: Mary Zimmerman on The Jungle Book
The director on why she cast André De Shields as King Louie in The Jungle Book, and how she felt about a recent flap over her use of Silk Road stories.
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The Jungle Book sets off another rumble
Silk Road theater’s Jamil Khoury took aim at Mary Zimmerman and The Jungle Book only to be disarmed.
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The Jungle Book wars, onstage
Mary Zimmerman’s best answer to her critics is a flawed, defiant Jungle Book.
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Don’t Kill the Poetry!
As he loses his mind, I’m starting to really enjoy Governor Blagojevich’s press conferences, especially when he recites poetry.
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Not exactly “The Young British Soldier”
Governor Blagojevich, have you no shame? You made Kipling sound like a weasel.