Superfluities Redux

by George Hunka
Artistic director, theatre minima

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Friday, 14 May 2010

Richard Foreman speaks

Richard Foreman, who recently confirmed that he will be leaving theatrical work for that of film, speaks to Morgan van Prelle Pecelli about his decision, his final stage production Idiot Savant, and a variety of other subjects in a lengthy interview in Reality Sandwich.

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Friday, 13 November 2009

End of an era

Apparently it's official: Richard Foreman will close the doors of his Ontological-Hysteric Theatre for the last time on 1 July 2010. According to Andy Horwitz, the OHT will remain intact as a production company for Foreman's work, but will vacate the Theatre at St. Mark's Church, where it has been operating since 1991.

As Andy notes, the OHT's Incubator program may take over the space full time then, though we'll have to wait for further news on this.

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Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Opens Tonight: Idiot Savant

Richard Foreman's Idiot Savant opens tonight at the Public Theater; Willem Dafoe, Joel Israel, Alenka Kraigher, Elina Löwensohn, Eric Magnus and Daniel Allen Nelson appear in what may be Foreman's final production on the American stage (he insists that this time he means it and will devote his time and energy to film in the future), and this alone renders it newsworthy. I won't have a chance to see it myself until the night before Thanksgiving, but the YouTube clip below, which features interviews with Dafoe, Foreman and other members of the cast, should whet your own appetite:

Idiot Savant runs through 13 December.

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