O'NEILL FESTIVAL IN PROGRESS

Ten years ago, New York City's historic Provincetown Playhouse launched an ambitious Eugene O'Neill Festival that came up with a goal of producing all of O'Neill's plays in chronological order. I don't think it's been easy to pull off, but the festival is still going on, currently presenting a ten day set of film screenings (with guest speakers) and live presentations. They're all free, but some might be more crowded than others. For reservations, call 212-279-4200 or use nice TicketCentral.

Wed Jan 09 (7:00 pm)
Screening of Anna Christie; Liam Neeson speaking

Thu Jan 10 (7:00 pm)
Screening of A Moon for the Misbegotten

Fri Jan 11 (7:30 pm)
O'Neill: Playwright and his Mother (Tony winners Zoe Caldwell and Marian Seldes perform excerpts from plays featuring matriarchs. O'Neill scholar Barbara Gelb leads the discussion.

Sat Jan 12 (7:30 pm)
The O'Neill Ragtime Revue
Cabaret stars Steve Ross, KT Sullivan and actor Kristoffer Polaha singing songs heard in The Iceman Cometh and Ah, Wilderness!. Also featured: Charles Durning and the voices of Yale University's The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus ("The S.O.B.s").

Sun Jan 13 (2:00 pm)
The O'Neill Variations (O'Neill-inspired new works, including a reading of a newly commissioned play by Amy Herzog and productions of new plays by Lauren Yee and Janet Silva, as performed by Playwrights Theater's company of Yale alumni)

Sun Jan 13 (7:30 pm)
O'Neill's seafaring plays In The Zone and Ile performed by Charles Durning, David Margulies, Brian Murray, Harris Yulin, and Frank Wood.