The Scourge of the Red Ham

I was changing the sheets on my son’s bed when I found this little guy hanging onto the bed rail for dear life. Just like that, little pleading eyes looking up at me. He’d fallen down behind the headboard, under the pillows, and God only knows how long...
StageStruck: Baryshnikov, Earthbound

StageStruck: Baryshnikov, Earthbound

You’d think Man in a Case would be exactly the wrong vehicle for Mikhail Baryshnikov. Here is a man we associate, above all, with acrobatic physicality, weightless grace and a history of fearless boundary-breaking, playing a man obsessed with rules and decorum,...
StageStruck: An Epic Collaboration

StageStruck: An Epic Collaboration

“This is the first time in six years I’ve directed a production that’s stayed in one space the entire time,” says Jonathan Diamond. He is referring to his truly epic stage version of The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings prequel....