Red, Donmar Warehouse at Mark Taper Forum

Photo by Craig Schwartz.

Red by John Logan.

Pauline Adamek – ArtsBeatLA

It’s refreshing to experience a play about ideas, and not simply character or story. John Logan’s incendiary play Red is a two-character bio-drama about abstract expressionist fine artist Mark Rothko in conversation with his young assistant.  Read more…

Dany Margolies – ArtsinLA

No question, Alfred Molina is otherworldly brilliant here, playing mid-century American painter Mark Rothko as potently leonine….  And for that reason, this production should be seen. John Logan’s script is not as clearly mandatory viewing.  Read more…