• The Oldest Boy  |  Essays

    Buddhism Arrives at the Beaumont

    Brendan Lemon  |  Oct. 30, 2014

    This past Tuesday, Lincoln Center Theater held a platform talk entitled “Life Imitates Life, Again and Again,” in the Vivian Beaumont lobby.

  • Rebecca Taichman on Directing THE OLDEST BOY
    The Oldest Boy  |  Essays

    Rebecca Taichman on Directing THE OLDEST BOY

    Brendan Lemon  |  Oct. 29, 2014

    Sarah Ruhl, the author of THE OLDEST BOY, and Rebecca Taichman, its director, have known each other for almost a decade, but the new play, which involves an inter-cultural couple’s choice in the context of Tibetan Buddhism, marks an especially significant moment in their collaboration.

  • The Oldest Boy  |  Essays

    Tea-Time in Tibet

    Brendan Lemon  |  Oct. 20, 2014

    And so, on the first cold morning of October, a morning so cold that no one dared any longer to wear shorts and flip-flops on the morning dog walk, I made hot butter tea. I had made a mental note to do so ever since reading the first scene of THE OLDEST BOY.

  • The Oldest Boy  |  Essays

    What Happened at the First Preview?

    Brendan Lemon  |  Oct. 10, 2014

    Last night, before the first preview of THE OLDEST BOY, a feeling of preternatural calm pervaded the hallways backstage of the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

  • The Oldest Boy  |  Essays

    It's Tech Time!

    Brendan Lemon  |  Oct. 6, 2014

    The table is being set for this Thursday’s first preview.

  • An Interview with Sarah Ruhl
    The Oldest Boy  |  Essays

    An Interview with Sarah Ruhl

    Brendan Lemon  |  Sept. 26, 2014

    Sarah Ruhl’s new play, THE OLDEST BOY, is dedicated to her three children – 8-year-old Anna, and 4-year-old twins, William and Hope -- and to their Tibetan nanny, Yangzom.

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