2010 in review: Charles McNulty on theater
In Gordon Edelstein’s fresh revival Judith Ivey redefined Amanda Wingfield by playing the character as
Daniel Sullivan’s
Martin Benson’s elegant garden party staging of this farcical romance masquerading as a debate (or is it the other way around?) offered definitive proof that compelling talk can seduce an audience when the words and wit are from a mind as devilishly clever as George Bernard Shaw’s. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
The great accomplishment of Achim Freyer’s titanic act of sorcery was the respect shown for Wagner’s opera as music drama. By far the most engulfing theatrical experience of 2010. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Lynn Nottage’s
Bartlett Sher’s