Theatre News and Reviews
The Oneida Dispatch By WAYNE MYERS, Dispatch Drama Critic March 6, 2006 NEW YORK – Australia’s Sydney Theatre Company has brought its antipodal 2004 hit production of "Hedda Gabler" to the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater. It’s a thrilling staging of the Ibsen classic. Cate Blanchett, in an incomparable performance as Hedda, fed off […]
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The Sydney Morning Herald By Richard Jinman March 21, 2006 The play has been sold out for months and is in the final week of its run. An odd time, you might think, for a critic to condemn it as a "crowd-pleasing celebrity showcase" and lash the performance of its star, Cate Blanchett, as "scandalous". […]
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The Sydney Morning Herald February 28, 2006 New Yorkers have snapped up seats for the Australian production, writes Sharon Verghis. Last week, Cate Blanchett’s pale face was New York’s wallpaper, peering out from newsstands, showbills, posters and magazines in a wordless one-woman publicity juggernaut for the Sydney Theatre Company. At the Harvey Theatre tomorrow, she […]
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The Sydney Morning Herald February 10, 2006 The Sydney Theatre Company’s latest foray into New York is a big gamble, writes Alexa Moses IN THE sweaty rehearsal room by Sydney Harbour, seven actors perch around a table pretending not to hear the click of camera shutters. Flanked by Hugo Weaving, Justine Clarke and Aden Young, […]
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The Age February 9, 2006 Cate Blanchett wouldn’t be human if she wasn’t slightly nervous about travelling to New York with the Sydney Theatre Company production of Hedda Gabler. The STC cast and crew will head to the Big Apple on Tuesday and spend two weeks in rehearsals before beginning a four-week season on March […]
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Herald Sun Reviewer: Adam Harvey March 2, 2006 DESPITE interruptions from mobile phones, last night’s debut of Hedda Gabler, starring Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving, was a huge success. The star-studded, 850-strong Brooklyn audience gave the performance a standing ovation. Legendary director Martin Scorsese said the Sydney Theatre Company production was "quite extraordinary, really beautifully […]
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The New York Times Reviewer: BEN BRANTLEY March 3, 2006 HIGH wind alert: what appears to be a hurricane has unexpectedly blown into Brooklyn, where it is likely to rage throughout much of the month of March. Though it has thus far confined its activity to a small area — the stage of the Harvey […]
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The New York Sun Reviewer: HELEN SHAW March 3, 2006 "Hedda Gabler," rather like "Hamlet" or "Sweet Charity," can’t help but be a star turn. The success of a show that puts such incredible emphasis on its lead – keeping her onstage nearly the entire performance – will always depend on its title character. So […]
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L.A. Weekly March 13, 2006 Reviewer: STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS GO HEDDA GABLER A year and a half after premiering as Hedda Gabler in Australia, Cate Blanchett makes her U.S. stage debut in Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Ibsen’s play at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Blanchett dazzles in a show that falls into a number […]
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Theatermania.com Reviewer: Dan Bacalzo March 2, 2006 Cate Blanchett is luminous as the title character of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler. The Academy Award-winning actress is making her American stage debut in this stellar production by the Sydney Theatre Company, currently playing a limited engagement at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The stunningly beautiful Blanchett commands […]
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