Terry Hands's production adheres rigorously to period detail, but nonetheless feels extremely topical.
Bruce Norris's sharp-witted, sharp-toothed comedy of American uneasiness (the Pulitzer Prize winner in 2011) feels more topical than ever in this Broadway production, directed by Pam MacKinnon.
It's one that feels particularly topical in light of the current Labour leadership contest, as the party struggles to decide whether it should return to its socialist roots or sacrifice idealism for electability.
Bruce Norris's sharp-witted, sharp-toothed comedy of American uneasiness (the Pulitzer Prize winner in 2011) feels more topical than ever in this Tony-winning Broadway production, directed by Pam MacKinnon.
Ms. Greenleaf "has the right personality and editorial credibility to make daytime feel topical, vibrant and culturally relevant for both fans and advertisers," said Alexandra Shapiro, executive vice president for marketing and digital at USA.
We wanted the film to feel absolutely topical and not dated in a time and place.
But the production at the Globe that felt most topical was, to my surprise, Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice," performed as if it were the frothiest of comedies.
It all takes place in the fall of 2008, and the financial crisis and the presidential campaign are frequently glimpsed on television screens, intrusions that feel less topical than pretentious.
But if "Black Watch" felt searingly topical when it first came to St. Ann's, it now seems timeless, as fully realized, self-contained works of art must be.
I felt that topical background conversations were permissible, but saw the boundaries sharpen at the writing phase – the ideas, the phrasing, the word choice had to be all hers.
