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Posted on November 29, 2010 by Steve Pollak

Joseph K on the London stage

Two British comedians have developed a stage adaptation of Franz Kafka’s The Trial. According to a story in The Guardian, the two comedians, Tom Basden and Tim Key, brought their version of Kafka’s tale to the London stage this month. … Continue reading →

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Steve Pollak

Terry Teachout on Elie Wiesel

Terry Teachout, the Wall Street Journal‘s drama critic, had some harsh words for Elie Wiesel in wake of Wiesel’s threat to sue a playwright who had written a play about an imagined relationship between the Holocaust survivor and Bernie Madoff. … Continue reading →

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Steve Pollak

‘Imagining Madoff’ moves forward without Elie Wiesel

A play imagining the relationship between Elie Wiesel and Bernie Maddoff began performances this week with one important change – the character that was supposed to be Elie Wiesel was no longer referred to as “Elie Wiesel.” Instead, the character … Continue reading →

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Steve Pollak

A good review of Spinoza-inspired literature

Baruch Spinoza, pictured right, believed in the oneness of everything. (‘God or nature’ he called it.) But, as Allan Nadler recounts in this Forward review of David Ives’s play, “New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch Spinoza,” no singular version of … Continue reading →