Word: prosceniums
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...theater's signal feature is its thrust stage, an innovation at the time, which juts into the orchestra section like a runway. Although inventive thrust staging became the signature of Guthrie directors--what else could they do?--there were times when they would have preferred a conventional proscenium. In the late 1990s, Joe Dowling, the Irish director who has headed the Guthrie since 1995, decided it was time to order up a new theater with multiple stages. After a review of more than 35 architects, a search committee settled unanimously on Nouvel. "We were taken by his concern...
...promised to be interesting at the very least. With the liberal elite split in two, a proscenium stage set for soundbite questioning from serious senators, the confirmation hearings for John G. Roberts ’76 as Chief Justice to the Supreme Court promised to be an entertaining piece of political theater. Unfortunately, the lead is not performing. Not only are many questions going unanswered, but Roberts’ appropriate silence on his decisions for future cases is making the side characters—the senators—look...
...high profile run on Broadway. The play is a satiric and penetrating look at the ideals, fallacies and experiences of love and sex in a society filled with lust and treachery, but tempered with the consistent yearning for a lasting connection. Tickets $18. 8 p.m. Actors Workshop Proscenium Theatre, 327 Summer Street, Boston...
...gallery at the other—are visually untethered and threaten to take flight like a bird. While the form is striking, the actual spaces seem less than ideal. Reminiscent of Dutch architect-celebrity Rem Koolhaas’ Second Stage Theatre in Manhattan, the stage’s proscenium is replaced by a giant window that overlooks the street below and doubles as a film screen. Similarly, it becomes clear that Maltzan’s museums are not places that are ideally suited to housing art exhibits—they emphasize horizontal rather than vertical planes and their curved walls...
...TIME.comix: Your work on "The Spirit" has often been described as cinematic, but it strikes me that look of you work has changed to something more akin to theater. Most of the angles are straight on, with no distortion and little projection. It's proscenium-like...