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...seeing his play The Coast of Utopia, about Russia's radical 19th century philosophers, staged for the first time in Moscow...
...Vladimir Lenin (Travesties). "Tom said to me once that he decides on one play, and then shortly after decides on a different one," says Trevor Nunn, director of Rock 'n' Roll and several other Stoppard plays. "And then he lets them crash into each other." The Coast of Utopia, his nearly nine-hour trilogy about Russia's radical political thinkers of the 19th century, was a relatively straight-ahead historical journey (which is why this critic, at least, didn't rank it among his best), but it was an unexpectedly huge hit, playing to sold-out crowds during...
...manages not to seem affected, bristles at the notion that his work is too highbrow or élitist for an ordinary audience--never mind that the New York Times felt the need to print a reading list for theatergoers who wanted to bone up before seeing The Coast of Utopia. He notes that his intellectual obsessions are hardly unique or rarefied. "The market for books about science and philosophy on the level on which I deal with things is a best-seller market," he says, pointing to authors like Steven Pinker, Richard Dawkins and Richard Feynman. It tickles him when...
...ranges from acting on the Loeb Mainstage as a freshman, to producing and directing various performances with the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) and the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players (HRG&SP). Last spring, Steinemann made his directorial debut with the HRG&SP production of “Utopia, Limited” at the Agassiz Theatre...
With the experience of directing “Utopia, Limited” under his belt, Steinemann began to search for a second directorial opportunity. The process of bringing “The Mineola Twins” to the stage began nearly a year...