David Hare

On the surface, Cate Blanchett would seem to be the least Chekhovian human being on the planet. No idle longing for Moscow for this international stage and screen star, whose frequent flier mileage must have broken the million mark since she and her...

A potential superhero awaits the unleashing of his powers. Tracy Letts mourns over Moscow. A Chicago disaster is revisited. A young man misses his appointment with Goldman Sachs. Oedipus hits the streets of Los Angeles. Hats fly on the Goodman Theatre...

Chicago's Court Theatre has announced its 2012-13 season. Bereft of new work or major reinterpretation, it seems notably less ambitious than in recent years, but will likely please those who like to see familiar, well-regarded titles. The season begins...

"Well, let's be honest," said Timothy Douglas, over a coffee in Evanston the other day. "There aren't many people who look like me running theater companies that look like Remy Bumppo." Douglas, the new artistic director of that very Chicago company, was...

An all-star cast and a taut teleplay by one of England's greatest living writers launch a new season of PBS' "Masterpiece Contemporary" with the spy drama "Page Eight" on Sunday, Nov. 6 (check local listings). Written and directed by David Hare, whose...

  Dominique McElligott plays the heroic Lily Bell in ‘Hell on Wheels.' Photo credit: AMC Football will command the biggest audiences Saturday and Sunday nights this weekend. CBS is airing No. 1 LSU vs. No. 2 Alabama at 8 p.m. Saturday. The...

Hurricane Irene has taken a financial toll on the New York theater scene...

Australia's Judy Davis returns to stage in 'The Seagull'...

-- Priceless works: The Vatican Museums chief warns that dust and polluting agents brought into the Sistine Chapel by tourists risk one day endangering its artworks. (Associated Press) -- Critical analysis: Playwright David Hare writes about the hit...

Ensemble members Laurie Metcalf, Kate Arrington and Kevin Anderson in Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s production of "Detroit" by Lisa D’Amour. We critics often get asked whose reviews we most admire. I often cite the New Yorker film critic David Denby....

First produced in 1998 in London, David Hare’s Drama Desk Award-winning solo show, “Via Dolorosa,� is a fiercely intelligent account of his 1997 visit to the Middle East and his first-hand assessment of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Of course,...

Raking it in: "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" was the Broadway box-office champion last week, dethroning "Wicked" from a top slot it had largely owned since 2004. (Wall Street Journal) Rocking on: A film version of the Broadway musical "American......