How Sam Mendes and Jez Butterworth Brought a New and Improved Version of “The Hills of California” to Broadway
The director and the playwright talk memory, loss and rewriting their latest Broadway play. Plus: the joys and pitfalls of ...
The River: Jez Butterworth’s sexual politics haven’t aged well
Jez Butterworth’s 2012 play The River, the first he produced after his blockbuster hit Jerusalem, sits less easily in today’s ...
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The River review
Striking revival of Jez Butterworth’s intimate play, directed by James Haddrell, starring Paul McGann, Kerri McLean and ...
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Doppelgängers Abound in “The Hills of California” and “Yellow Face”
In Jez Butterworth’s melancholy drama and David Henry Hwang’s mischievously postmodern play, stardom is both a lure and a lie ...
‘Skyfall’ Director Sam Mendes Says James Bond Studio Prefers Filmmakers ‘Who Are More Controllable’: ‘I Would Doubt’ I’d Return
Sam Mendes directed two James Bond movies, “Skyfall” (2012) and “Spectre” (2015), and he doubts he’ll return to the 007 ...
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How Sam Mendes and Jez Butterworth Brought a New and Improved Version of “The Hills of California” to Broadway
The playwright Jez Butterworth recently had perhaps the most eventful recording session in the history of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast. “In the course of this call, I have ...
Sam Mendes Doubts Making Another James Bond Movie & Says Producers Want Directors “Who Are More Controllable”
Sam Mendes doubts he will director another James Bond movie after helming 2012’s Skyfall and 2015’s Spectre. In HBO’s The ...
Review: ‘The Hills of California,’ Alive With the Sound of Music
In Jez Butterworth’s compelling new play, four girls trained to sing close harmony wind up as acrimonious adults.
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How Sam Mendes and Jez Butterworth Brought a New and Improved Version of “The Hills of California” to Broadway
The playwright Jez Butterworth recently had perhaps the most eventful recording session in the history of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast. But even with the occasional diversion ...
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How Sam Mendes and Jez Butterworth Brought a New and Improved Version of “The Hills of California” to Broadway
“In the course of this call, I have returned one dog to its owner and seen four foxes,” Butterworth said during a conversation with director Sam Mendes about their latest Broadway ...
‘The Hills of California’ Review: An Epic of Decrepit Dreams
Directed by Sam Mendes, Jez Butterworth’s play on Broadway spans decades in its story of an Englishwoman and her four ...