Washington, D.C.: when we ghosts reawaken.(Front and Center)(Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts stars Jane Alexander)
American Theatre, July, 2003 by Gener, Randy
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It's reductive to say that Jane Alexander is once again flinging herself into the bitter cultural wars over indecency in the arts--but there's no question that the four bruising years she spent as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts lend a special piquancy to her portrayal of Mrs. Helen Alving in Ghosts.
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"I love the idea of Jane appearing on stage, defending bold, controversial works of art in a play," says her husband, Edwin Sherin. As astutely adapted and staged by Sherin at the Shakespeare Theatre in the nation's capital, where Ghosts runs through the ...
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