Designer Scott Pask creates 'a beautiful mess' on Broadway Set designer Scott Pask was asked to create a roomful of junk on Broadway and somehow he turned it into something sublime The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2022
Made the Chicago way, ‘The Untouchables’ endures 35 years ago this month, summer audiences first relished the rich dialogue, imaginative plot and intriguing locales of Brian De Palma’s crime classic. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2022
"Pedophile" slur hurts real victims For actual victims of child sex abuse, using "pedophile" or "groomer" as a slur hurts their ability to get justice Salon · May 22, 2022
What the 2022 Tony nominations say about the state of Broadway The 75th Tony nominations were announced Monday, nearly a week behind schedule, in a Broadway year still in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, things are markedly better. But for a season that began with a delta wave and finished with an omicron onslaught, timetables have had to be… Los Angeles Times · May 10, 2022
Broadway review: ‘American Buffalo’ revival is highly entertaining, but does not travel into David Mamet’s emotional core NEW YORK — David Mamet — the confounding, outspoken playwright that artistic progressives are dying to cancel — wrote “American Buffalo” in 1975, when he was just 27 years old. Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2022
Digested week: a downward spiral from Vogue to Brooklyn Beckham’s Instagram Sharing in a celebrity couple’s joy, an elevator hitch, and why it’s time to stop quoting David Mamet The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2022
American Buffalo review – David Mamet returns to Broadway with a thud Circle on the Square Theatre, New YorkLaurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell bring star power to this umpteenth revival but there’s a staleness they struggle to overcome The Guardian - US · Apr 15, 2022
Mamet: Teachers "inclined to pedophilia" The playwright is making his right-wing media tour, hitting up Joe Rogan, Fox News and more Salon · Apr 11, 2022
Playwright David Mamet sparks outrage by declaring that many male teachers are paedophiles ‘This has always been the problem with education – teachers are inclined, typically men because men are predators, to paedophilia’ The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2022
The Woods review – Mamet’s battle of the sexes is spiky but shows its age A couple bicker through the night in a remote cabin in a well-performed revival of David Mamet’s two-hander from 1977 The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2022
‘Trump did a great job as president’ – David Mamet on free speech, gender politics and rigged elections His liberal-baiting plays have caused punch-ups in the aisles and he hasn’t finished yet. As The Woods – his incendiary take on sexual politics – returns, the writer cuts loose The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2022