KATHLEEN CHALFANT On "A DELICATE BALANCE" at Arena Stage

[hockeynut2]

Posted: 2/26/09 at 11:33am

Actress Kathleen Chalfant, perhaps best known for her role as Vivian Bearing in Margaret Edson’s Wit (winning her numerous awards including an OBIE), began her career in New York in 1972. She has played an astonishing range of roles written by playwrights such as Jules Feiffer, Christopher Durang, Eve Ensler, Samuel Beckett, Alan Bennett and Tony Kushner (Angels in America earned her a Tony nomination). She is in town to portray Agnes in Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance, now in production at Arena Stage.

In an Arena Stage interview, Ms. Chalfant described the playwright: “I admire Albee’s writing deeply. There is never a false word. Albee’s language carries an actor rather than the other way around. His language is the roadmap which leads me, the actor, into the world of the play.” Here, we investigate the world of A Delicate Balance, and the life of this celebrated actress. Our interview with Edward Albee will appear shortly.


Katheleen Chalfant on A Delicate Balance at Arena Stage

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 2/26/09 at 11:56am

I saw a show in Hartford last week, and posted a review on the Connecticut Board.

You interviewed someone in a show in D.C., so here's the D.C. Board:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/washington-dc//board/

The boards for different cities exist for a reason.

[Tom's Cat]

Posted: 2/26/09 at 3:50pm

I think there are enough people on this board who regularly attend performances in both cities to justify posting this in both places. I know a lot of NY'ers who are as interested in DC theatre as there are DC'ers interested in NY.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 2/26/09 at 3:52pm

Oh Lord. His hired shills are back.

[Tom's Cat]

Posted: 2/26/09 at 3:55pm

eh?

[Renee2]

Posted: 2/26/09 at 5:25pm

Last time I looked, DC area theatres have been employing lots of NYC actors in their shows. In fact, two productions that were at Arena Stage-Next To Normal and 33 Variations-and are in NYC now -employed many NYC actors. Also, Kathleen Chalfaant is a NYC based actress who has done most of her work in the Big Apple,
and has a lot of fans here.

I am grateful that this interview was posted, because I didn't realize that Kathleen was in the Arena Stage production. Kathleen is one of my favorite actresses. I will probably make a trip to DC to see the show. Also, The Kander and Ebb Festival at Signature Theatre and Les Mis which just finished a 12 week run, employed NYC actors in its casts. The majority of the cast in The Visit were all NYC actors. And before you call me a shill- I have the right to post my opinion here. Show a little respect for other readers' opinions.

Updated On: 2/26/09 at 05:25 PM

[nobodyhome]

Posted: 2/26/09 at 6:58pm

Any time an actress like Kathleen Chalfant is interviewed about a production she's doing anywhere, it's of interest to at least some of us here. People post about London shows here, don't they? Why shouldn't people post things relating to shows in D.C., especially when it concerns a production of a great American play cast with actors (in addtion to Chalfant, Terry Beaver and Ellen McLaughlin) who are known to New Yorkers?

[Renee2]

Posted: 2/26/09 at 8:06pm

The cast for Signature Theatre's world premier of "GIANT" was announced today, and it mostly NYC actors in it. Again, the DC area is putting NYC actors to work..
GIANT CAST NAMED FOR SIGNATURE THEATRE PRODUCTION