David Mamet

Glengarry Glen Ross review – David Mamet’s masterpiece still dazzles on Broadway

Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr lead an impressive new staging of the bleak yet darkly funny drama

Jesse Hassenger

01, Apr, 2025 @3:30 AM

Nobel and Pulitzer winners denounce ‘dangerous’ Israel cultural boycott

More than 1,000 well-known figures sign open letter in response to authors pledging to boycott Israeli cultural institutions over Gaza

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

30, Oct, 2024 @3:00 PM

Kieran Culkin to lead Glengarry Glen Ross revival on Broadway

The Succession actor will be joined by Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr for a new take on David Mamet’s Pulitzer prize-winning play

Benjamin Lee

08, Aug, 2024 @2:41 PM

Zosia Mamet on Girls, acclaim and nepo babies: ‘It’s not like you’re born to a famous family and the red carpet rolls out for you’

She got her big break on Lena Dunham’s hit show – and has since established a great and growing career. The actor and writer discusses Madame Web, introversion and her surprisingly personal essays

Sirin Kale

24, Jul, 2024 @4:00 AM

Streaming: the best films about elections

From The Manchurian Candidate and Primary Colors to Uganda’s Bobi Wine: The People’s President, the high-stakes drama of voting season lends itself to film-making

Guy Lodge

14, Jun, 2024 @11:00 PM

‘It’s black and white. I did it’: Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman on her comeback after jail

As she hits the stage in an anarchic comedy about a family in freefall, the once-Oscar-nominated actor talks about her 2019 fraud conviction, why she’d never play a trans woman again – and being defended by David Mamet

Ryan Gilbey

05, Feb, 2024 @4:33 PM

From Wagatha Christie to Donald Trump: can rapid-fire real-life drama upstage the news?

Dramatising the latest watercooler story doesn’t guarantee you box-office success. The stiffest competition may come from reality’s own high drama

Arifa Akbar

13, Dec, 2022 @8:00 AM

Glengarry Glen Ross at 30: David Mamet’s still electric salesmen drama

A cast of never-better actors, including Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino and Alec Baldwin, give added life to the playwright’s punchy, Pulitzer prize-winning dialogue

Scott Tobias

02, Oct, 2022 @6:38 AM

Digested week: a downward spiral from Vogue to Brooklyn Beckham’s Instagram | Emma Brockes

Sharing in a celebrity couple’s joy, an elevator hitch, and why it’s time to stop quoting David Mamet

Emma Brockes

15, Apr, 2022 @1:27 PM

American Buffalo review – David Mamet returns to Broadway with a thud

Circle on the Square Theatre, New YorkLaurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell bring star power to this umpteenth revival but there’s a staleness they struggle to overcome

Alexis Soloski

15, Apr, 2022 @2:00 AM

‘Still a work in progress’: what has #MeToo done for women in theatre?

The Harvey Weinstein scandal was supposed to usher in a reckoning for the industry. But while some headway has been made, meaningful change has proved elusive

Ella Fox-Martens

07, Apr, 2022 @1:00 PM

The Woods review – Mamet’s battle of the sexes is spiky but shows its age

A couple bicker through the night in a remote cabin in a well-performed revival of David Mamet’s two-hander from 1977