I love being surprised when I go to theater. Recently, I went to a play, MetroStage's comely The Gin Game, and became totally smitten with the textures of its music design. It was a sound…
At Spooky Action and MetroStage, dramas in which relationships go bust.
In the right hands, a simple game of cards can uncover secrets, reveal hidden truths, and topple the best intentions of polite etiquette and civility. The Gin Game at MetroStage shows…
You observe a cozy setting, a two story structure slightly suggestive of institutional. There's a gliding rocker and curtained windows that filter warm amber light, potted plants, scattered …
Altarena Playhouse in Alameda is presenting Donald L. Coburn's tense play about two friends playing gin rummy in a nursing home through April 10.
The new Broadway production of D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, The Gin Game, starring Tony Award winners James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson, ends its limited run today, January …
Two plays depend on strong performersÂ
Looks fade, charm diminishes, but acting talent is a gift for life. Â Two of our most beloved and renowned Actors are giving magnificent performances in THE GIN GAME and the theater is emb…
Forget socks and scarves. Instead, give the gift of Broadway this holiday season. Our 2015 Ultimate Broadway fan, Jason Crespin, checked out this year’s hottest shows and picked …
A Peek at the Deal Life Holds for Us in its Deck of CardsBy Lauren YargerIt's just a friendly game of gin rummy. Or is it?Two residents at a senior home play an innocent Gin Game, but as the…
The celebrated new production of D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Gin Game, directed by Leonard Foglia and starring legendary actors James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson, will add…
You now have more chances to catch the legendary pair in action onstage.
Wow! From start to finish The Gin Game was a sheer pleasure to watch, I enjoyed every second. James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson are the two spectacular people who are in the Broadway revival…
BroadwayWorld recently announced a new partnership with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Falli…
Two actors and a stage: What could be more pure and simple? With a couple of high-profile two-handers recently joining the Broadway boards (the revival of D.L. Coburn's The Gin Game and …
By Stephen Collins Both actors here are doing something quite different from a drawing room comedy. They are trying to make a point and, bravely, one that extends beyond the Caucasian commun…
By Anne-Allegra Bennett (@aab_artiste) "Hold on until everything you have in your hand goes together, except one card. Then you discard that card and say 'gin'." A chance encounter, a game o…
This post is by Joel Benjamin Now the frail-seeming, but elegant Cicely Tyson and imposing, stout-voiced James Earl Jones have taken on "The Gin Game" and make it totally their own, finding …
The new James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson revival of The Gin Game opened last week to good reviews and that arguably shows in the play’s attendance numbers. The show was nearly sol…
Interesting and quite entertaining. But slight. Without two expert actors we would be left with only a deck of cards.
Growing old gracefully wasn't what D. L. Coburn had in mind when he wrote THE GIN GAME a drama/comedy for two aging actors " a slight, funny yet moving play that mysteriously won a Pulitzer …
By Michall Jeffers The Gin Game has always been a challenging duet for actors. With the luminescent presence of James Earl Jones as Weller Martin and Cicely... The post …
Donald L. Coburn was born in 1938 in Baltimore to parents who were divorced two years later. His early life was unexceptional; he graduated from high school in 1957, then served in the U.S. …
Veterans James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson returned to Broadway this week, playing two residents at a retirement home in a new Broadway revival of D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winnin…