Classical Theater – Smoke & Mirrors https://smokeandmirrors.cityofsmoke.com Essays on Theater and the Arts Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:44:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.33 Roar of the Greasepaint https://smokeandmirrors.cityofsmoke.com/archives/1852 Mon, 22 Jun 1992 14:01:15 +0000 http://smokeandmirrors.cityofsmoke.com/?p=1852 Ian McKellan's Richard III at BAM The New Yorker, June 22, 1992 The problem with star-centered Shakespeare as the British serve it up is that it leaves the actors thinking they have nothing to do---which is to say, nothing to act. Continue reading]]>