Tom Riley and Bel Powley in Arcadia.(Photo by Carol Rosegg)By Hap ErsteinTuesday was an even better weather day in New York, with the temperature climbing into the 80s, and locals shedding their clothes like it was the second coming of summer.My dance card was busy with interviews and, in the evening, a much-anticipated viewing of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia.But … [Read more...]
Theater review: Mosaic’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ a heady evening of Stoppard
Antonio Amadeo, left, and Gordon McConnell in Rock 'n' Roll.(Photo by George Schiavone) By Hap ErsteinMore than 40 years ago, Czech-born journalist-turned-playwright Tom Stoppard burst onto the world stage with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, his hommage to Samuel Beckett and the emptiness and impotence of his characters.Ever since, however, Stoppard (at right) has been … [Read more...]