Author Archives for Ron Simon
A Poe Man’s Bicentennial
The Lincoln bicentennial has captured the media’s attention with scores of books and documentaries recently released. Spurred on by the election of President Obama, we are being reacquainted with the man who, in the words of Henry Gates, “stands at the heart of what it means to be American.” In the wake of this renewed [...]
We Are All Krapp: Samuel Beckett Lives On
From U2 to the Wooster Group to the current Met Opera production of Doctor Atomic, performers have tried to integrate media technology into the theatrical experience. Somehow that collision between the immediacy of theater with looming electronic images and sounds never quite pays off. I recently saw a reworking of Samuel Beckett for the digital [...]
