NYTimes.com: "As much as I loved “Black Watch” the first time I saw it, I stifled a groan when I heard that this production from the National Theater of Scotland was returning to New York. Who has time to revisit yesteryear’s triumphs in the midst of a thickly congested season of openings on Broadway, which include newer war-is-hell dramas like “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” and “War Horse”? And that’s not to mention the many intimate, worthy portraits of contemporary soldiers that have jostled for our attention during the intervening years — in books fictional and nonfictional, film documentaries and movies like the Oscar-winning “Hurt Locker.”
Sunday, April 24, 2011
‘Black Watch’ at St. Ann’s Warehouse
NYTimes.com: "As much as I loved “Black Watch” the first time I saw it, I stifled a groan when I heard that this production from the National Theater of Scotland was returning to New York. Who has time to revisit yesteryear’s triumphs in the midst of a thickly congested season of openings on Broadway, which include newer war-is-hell dramas like “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” and “War Horse”? And that’s not to mention the many intimate, worthy portraits of contemporary soldiers that have jostled for our attention during the intervening years — in books fictional and nonfictional, film documentaries and movies like the Oscar-winning “Hurt Locker.”
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