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Arts & Culture
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Theater Review
Nov 26, 2014
Recommended
Colm Toíbín's one-woman monologue gives the Madonna something new—a voice
The Testament of Mary
finds a mother of God filled with fury and heartbreak
By Zac Thompson
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Theater Review
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The Testament of Mary
,
Victory Gardens Theater
,
Middle Ages
,
Jesus
,
Mary
,
crucifiction
,
Christianity
,
Dennis Zacek
,
Colm Toíbín
,
Henry James
,
The Master
,
Linda Reiter
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Sep 11, 2013
Other People's Money
may be the best revenge
Dennis Zacek directs a play with certain real-life resonances.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Theater Review
,
Victory Gardens Theater
,
Dennis Zacek
,
Marcelle McVay
,
Deanna Isaacs
,
Chay Yew
,
Jerry Sterner
,
Other People's Money
,
Larry Garfinkle
,
Mark Zuckerberg
,
New England Wire & Cable
,
Abbey Smith
,
Taming of the Shrew
,
Shattered Globe Theatre
,
Andrew Hildner
,
Doug McDade
,
Carl Icahn
,
Michael Milken
,
Bernie Madoff
,
the Lehman Brothers
,
Lucifer
,
Paradise Lost
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 5, 2013
Victory Gardens Theater shortens its season
The company also looks for resident companies to share its space.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Theater
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Arts
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Victory Gardens Theater
,
Chay Yew
,
Dennis Zacek
,
Gary Griffin
,
Ariel Dorfman
,
Sandra Oh
,
Marcus Gardley
,
Luis Alfaro
,
Nilo Cruz
,
Eve Ensler
,
David Henry Hwang
,
Tony Kushner
,
David Lindsey-Abaire
,
John Logan
,
Craig Lucas
,
Sandra Oh
,
Suzan-Lori Parks
,
Jose Rivera
,
Anika Noni Rose
,
Sarah Ruhl
,
Jeanine Tesori
,
Paula Vogel
,
George C. Wolfe
,
B.D. Wong
,
Steven Miller
,
Diane Miller
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Feature
Dec 20, 2012
Image
People Issue 2012:
Jackie Taylor, the dramatist
"I put my life into this and I don't want it to go when my life goes."
Tags:
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People Issue 2012
,
People Issue
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Jackie Taylor
,
The Dramatist
,
Black Ensemble Theater
,
Seward Park
,
Cabrini-Green
,
Dennis Zacek
,
Loyola University
,
Free Street Theater
,
Patrick Henry
,
Cooley High
,
Joyce Sloane
,
Second City
,
Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center
Columns & Opinion
,
On Culture
Dec 5, 2012
At Victory Gardens, a bitter uprooting
The city's playwright-driven theater weeds out the old
By Deanna Isaacs
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Dennis Zacek
,
Chay Yew
,
playwright-centered theater
,
Sandy Shinner
,
theater
,
Actors' Equity
,
Douglas Post
,
playwrights' ensemble
,
Marcelle McVay
,
Tanya Saracho
,
Philip Dawkins
,
Charles Smith
,
Victory Gardens Theater
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
Feb 16, 2012
Charm turns to tedium
After a while, you wish
Ameriville
would stop complaining
By Tony Adler
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,
Victory Gardens Theater
,
Dennis Zacek
,
Chay Yew
,
Public Theater
,
Manhattan Theatre Club
,
James Sherman
,
Pulitzer Prize
,
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
,
American Idiot
,
Ameriville
,
Steven Sapp
,
Mildred Ruiz-Sapp
,
Gamal Chasten
,
William Ruiz
,
Universes
,
Condoleeza Rice
,
Walmart
,
Luis Alfaro
,
Oedipus El Rey
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 3, 2011
Chay Yew Is New Artistic Director at Victory Gardens Theater
Victory Gardens Theater's new artistic director is Chay Yew.
By Deanna Isaacs
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Performing Arts
,
Arts
,
Victory Gardens Theater
,
Chay Yew
,
Dennis Zacek
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
Oct 21, 2010
Ersatz Absurdity
Edward Albee never managed to make
The Zoo Story
believably pointless.
By Tony Adler
Tags:
Performing Arts Review
,
At Home at the Zoo
,
Edward Albee
,
Victory Gardens Theater
,
Krapp's Last Tape
,
Dennis Zacek
,
The Zoo Story
,
Homelife
,
Tom Amandes
,
Annabel Armour
,
Marc Grapey
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
Jul 23, 2009
In David Harrower's
Blackbird
, It's Complicated
He's not just a pedophile, and she's not just his victim.
By Albert Williams
Tags:
Performing Arts Review
,
Victory Gardens Theater
,
Blackbird
,
David Harrower
,
William L. Petersen
,
Mattie Hawkinson
,
Dennis Zacek
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 30, 2008
Flyovers takes wing again
A 1998 Victory Gardens hit gets its first New York staging.
By Albert Williams
Tags:
Performing Arts
,
Onstage
,
Arts
,
Dennis Zacek
,
Victory Gardens Theater
,
Jeffrey Sweet
,
William Petersen
,
Richard Kind
,
Michele Pawk
,
Sandy Shinner
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 12, 2008
McVay to leave Victory Gardens
Victory Gardens without McVay?
By Deanna Isaacs
Tags:
Performing Arts
,
Onstage
,
Arts
,
Dennis Zacek
,
Marcelle McVay
,
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 18, 2008
Victory Gardens' Zacek marks 30 years
Dennis Zacek of Victory Gardens Theater is the longest-tenured artistic director in town.
By Albert Williams
Tags:
Performing Arts
,
Onstage
,
Arts
,
Dennis Zacek
,
Victory Gardens Theater
,
Tony Award
,
Marcelle McVay
Arts & Culture
,
Culture Club
Feb 1, 2001
Raven's New Roost
Just as the walls were closing in on his theater company, artistic director Michael Menendian stumbled on the space of his dreams.
By Deanna Isaacs
Tags:
Culture Club
,
Raven Theatre Company
,
Michael Menendian
,
JoAnn Montemurro
,
Del Close
,
Dennis Zacek
,
Paul Sills
,
Rogers Park
,
Edgewater
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