David Leveaux

David Leveaux in David’s Substack A few years ago, Tom Stoppard (suddenly I thought) asked me what newspaper I read. At the time it was generally The Guardian and The Washington Post. But I knew what he was getting at: was there a new...

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How brilliant!!! Thank you! And glad you’re here too.

Something about this moment of joy and open curiosity explains to me Ben Stiller’s journey to encompass a magnificent acting career, but with it the potent instinct of a born director.

Sally Jacobs, who designed Peter Brooks astonishing A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the white box once told me that her first ‘draft’ for Peter involved her going into a rehearsal room with a stick of chalk and drawing a white square on the floor. To the heart of it really.

@glennkirschner.bsky.social Glad you’re here. And yes Justice does matter.

This will be a signal failure of energy and language in the real world.

A very Robert Falls image of energy and scale.