Review: "Orson's Shadow" is a Fantastic Revival about Artistic Revival
Orson's Shadow Written by Austin Pendleton Directed by Austin Pendleton Presented by Crystal Field, Executive Artistic Director of Theater for the New City , in association with Oberon Theatre Ensemble and Strindberg Rep at Theater for the New City heater for the New City 155 1st Ave., Manhattan, NYC March 14-31, 2024 Patrick Hamilton as Kenneth Tynan, Brad Fryman as Orson Welles. Photo by Jonathan Slaff. Orson Welles; Laurence Olivier; Vivian Leigh: they stand as towering figures in the history of stage and screen. Orson's Shadow , from the multitalented Austin Pendleton, himself no less than a theatrical luminary, renders a spellbinding portrait of these stars attempting to navigate their professional and personal lives as living legends in the face of an onrushing future. One might, for example, read the play's title as referring to the long shadow cast by Welles on others and on history but also to the shadow cast by Citizen Kane on everything that Welles did or atte...