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Robert Brustein thinks back

David Mamet is a comedian. Nonetheless, critics have been surprised that his recent plays—Romance (2005), November (2008), and Keep Your Pantheon (2008)—have been out-and-out raucous comedies. But a closer look at his oeuvre reveals a provocative sense of humor at work from the outset.

Institute graduates return to the Loeb stage in The Seagull

Szász eliminates the divide between the actors and the audience

A second-year dramaturgy student longs for Moscow

Is The Seagull tragedy or farce?

Diane Paulus and Gideon Lester introduce the shows

Fifty years of apocalyptic ambience.

A compilation of thoughts on Beckett’s work

Ryan McKittrick interviews János Szász, director of The Seagull

A comic quartet with the energy of farce