BIT O' FRINGE JUST BEFORE EDINBURGH Jul 17, 2009
Among the most promising offerings are "No Parole" (running through Sunday), Carlo D'Amore's solo show about a female con artist described as "a black-box blend of Martin Scorsese and Pedro Almod?var"; "Etty" (Thursday through July 26), directed by Austin Pendleton, based on a real-life woman who, like Anne Frank, kept a diary of her life in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation; and "A Longhardt Look at Love With Chad Longhardt" (July 29-Aug. 2), a spoof of reality-TV dating shows in which a... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Room With Askew May 28, 2009
The pungently atmospheric staging is by Austin Pendleton, who makes a few missteps: The actors parading through the side and rear aisles suggest a constant stream of latecomers, while a lengthy, full-frontal male nude scene the other night elicited loud gasps from an elderly audience. VIEUX CARRE Pearl Theatre Company, 80 St. Marks Place; 212-598-9802. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Out of touch is just where he likes to be Apr 11, 2009
But this latest one, Maggie and I just created it, in a 200-seat East Village theatre, with a fantastic director, Austin Pendleton, and it was so much fun. So that's all I need. (Globe and Mail)
Masterworks Broadway Releases Eight Long-Unavailable Cast Recordings Apr 8, 2009
Austin Pendleton and Fredericka Weber had breakout success the hopeless romantics whose adventures the show chronicles. Cryer and Ford's score is irresistibly sweet, couched in late-1960s grooviness, with catchy tunes and clever lyrics. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'Uncle' Relatively Minor Revival Feb 13, 2009
Director Austin Pendleton is a Chekhov veteran, having directed the play and starred in the title role several times previously, but his handling of the actors is curiously adrift. O'Hare's overly manic Vanya, hopelessly smitten with his former brother-in-law's new wife, Yelena (Gyllenhaal), seems less heartsick than deranged, at one point signaling his sexual frustration by gnawing on a wooden pillar (one of many that inexplicably clutter Santo Loquasto's claustrophobic set - and frequently... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Another day in the life of a working couple - performing in the same play Feb 10, 2009
Thus, some coincidence and some convincing was required for them to come together in "Uncle Vanya." Last summer Brian Kulick, the artistic director of the Classic Stage Company, began assembling the production, hiring the veteran Chekhov interpreter Austin Pendleton to direct and Denis O'Hare, a Tony Award winner for "Take Me Out," to play the titular misanthrope. Finding an actress to play Yelena, the young married beauty who inconveniently attracts the affections of Vanya and the melancholy... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
