It's long been my goal to up the visibility of the craft of costume design here at The Film Experience. So when the W.E. team was making the press rounds, I jumped at the chance to talk with Arianne Phillips, who has long been a designer I admire both fo

When a well-received production travels from one city to another, it can be exciting for actors to have a chance to be in a show they'd only heard about. Such was the case for Lisa Goodman when she read the casting notice for "Our Town" in the June 29 is

Here are the current listings and synopses of selected professional, amateur, high school and children’s theaters in the area. Call theaters for any late schedule changes. Ratings are as follows: P — professional (Equity and non-Equity companies); SP — s

Brad Pitt is a bit of a puzzle. One of the best character actors working today, he's trapped in a leading man's bone structure. And his choices defy traditional Hollywood logic; after bursting onto the scene in 1991 as the small-time hustler who seduces

No one knows what really happened when the beautiful teenage ingénue Uta Hagen spent the summer of 1938 with the long-married Lunts, rehearsing a part for the Broadway debut of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull.” That provides the intrigue for “Ten Chimneys,”

Written by Jeffrey Hatcher, Ten Chimneys tells the story of Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, who spent decades entertaining the most influential artists of their time at Ten Chimneys, their legendary Wisconsin retreat. In this new play, th