Theresa Rebeck

Some plays seem tailor-made to be a walk in the park for critics. Theresa Rebeck's "The Understudy" -- a satiric look at backstage competition, heavy dramatic epics and the Hollywood invasion of Broadway -- couldn't be more old-shoe...

In this article: Justin Kirk, Hollywood, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Julie White, and Zingers

...and life in L.A. Justin Kirk is far more successful than Harry, the underemployed actor he plays in "The Understudy," Theresa Rebeck's three-hander now currently being presented by the Roundabout Theatre Company Off-Broadway at the...

In this article: Justin Kirk, New York City, Weeds, Mark Teschner, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Julie White, Mary-Louise Parker, and Angels in America

Roundabout Theatre Company will extend its production of Theresa Rebeck's showbiz comedy, The Understudy, by two weeks, now to Jan. 17, 2010. Scott Ellis directs the play by the author of Mauritius. The New York City premiere features...

In this article: New York City, Julie White, and Roundabout Theatre Company

...effects and their proleptic collisions, always offer a freshly Foremanian version of the same great answer. If only Theresa Rebeck could answer the question greatly, or freshly, the endless succession of plays she turns out might carry...

In this article: Richard Foreman, Julie White, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mars, Justin Kirk, Willem Dafoe, God, Rocco Sisto, and David Patrick Kelly

...bountiful laughs from a sumptuous display of strained nerves in "The Understudy," a scattershot backstage comedy by Theresa Rebeck that opened on Thursday night at the Laura Pels Theater. "The Understudy": Julie White is a harried...

In this article: Julie White, Justin Kirk, Roundabout Theater Company, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar

...place during a re hearsal for a Broadway production of "Kafka's undiscovered masterpiece" headlined by Hollywood types. That Theresa Rebeck's new play is presented by the Roundabout -- a company notorious for its often-blind love for marquee...

In this article: Julie White, Raising the Bar, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Justin Kirk, and The Little Dog Laughed

...out, Cell phone! Cell phone! She scolds actors for eating prop bananas during rehearsal. So we rejoice when, in The Understudy, Theresa Rebeck's backstage comedy at the Roundabout, Roxanne is thrown entirely off-kilter by the sudden...

In this article: Julie White, Banana, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Justin Kirk, and Hollywood

...about oh-so-insecure thespians. Well, yes. They're actors. Crazy and more than a little desperate, according to playwright Theresa Rebeck, who has concocted a frantic tale set against the backdrop of an understudy rehearsal for a big...

In this article: Broadway, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Justin Kirk, Julie White, All rights reserved, Mercury, and Roundabout Theatre Company

...or Daniel Craig. You'll probably never get the chance to go on, and if you ever do, most of the audience will likely walk out. Theresa Rebeck, one of our most prolific playwrights, tackles the subject in a mostly witty three-hander called "The...

In this article: Mark Teschner, Roundabout Theatre Company, and Franz Kafka

Sidewalk Stories: Julie White takes center stage in 'The Understudy' Saturday, October 31st 2009, 4:00 AM Q: You're starring in Theresa Rebeck's backstage comedy "The Understudy," running through Jan. 3 at the Laura Pels (111 W. 46th...

In this article: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Transformers, Raising the Bar, The Little Dog Laughed, Justin Kirk, and Weeds