Word: elia
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...writer's pride demands that I deny to you that the script of Splendor in the Grass [Oct. 13] was "heavily edited" by Director Elia Kazan. This frequent criticism is leveled against him unfairly...
Among the pre-teen set, the back seat of the family car enjoys all the erotic mystery of an Algerian brothel; in more adult circles, however, I had always assumed that it would take more than a necking scene in a Model A to titillate or provoke. Elia Kazan and William Inge seem to disagree with...
Splendor in the Grass (Warner). Director Elia Kazan, who for about 20 years has exerted a powerful but often Freudulent influence on the art and ethos of the U.S. stage and screen, is a man who believes that every slice of life is a Wiener Schnitzel. The theory works pretty well with the plays of Tennessee Williams, which Kazan perennially directs, because most of Williams' characters are merely engaged in a morbid game of tag your id. It works less well with the plays of William Inge, which Kazan occasionally directs, because most of Inge's characters have...
Outspoken critics of Broadway are about as common these days as squirrels are in the Yard. Elia Kazan ran through several of the familiar complaints about the American theatre Tuesday afternoon at the Boston University Theatre. His pointed remarks drew applause and laughter from the drama students in the audience; but, lacking any freshness of outlook, this string of acidulous quips merely bolstered the now fashionable party line that holds the New York stage, as well as most other American entertainment media, in disfavor...
...transforming verse rhythms into "conversational" cadences a la Jason Robards, Jr., Lincoln Center's opening season may well turn out worse than the Loeb's. Whatever the future of Lincoln Center, and the American theatre, let us hope that it does not depend on the insight and vision of Elia the Prophet...