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Jamie Armitage

A Ghost in Your Ear

October 30, 2026

While Jamie Armitage’s "A Ghost in Your Ear" is only intermittently scary (though those scares are worth the price of admission,) it is a chilling ghost story expertly told. Both written and directed by the British Armitage (who also staged both the musical "Six" and David Hare’s "Straight Line Crazy" in New York), this is a collaboration with remarkable sound designers Ben and Max Ringham (the Tony Award nominated "Prima Facie" and "A Doll’s House," as well as "Waiting for Godot" and "Cyrano de Bergerac" in New York). Owen Campbell and Lucas Iverson, the two-member cast, keep your attention riveted to the story being told as well as lighting designer Ben Jacobs who keeps dimming the lights to create a very spooky environment. [more]

Straight Line Crazy

November 1, 2022

Ralph Fiennes’ towering performance as a megalomaniac who changes the face of New York as we know it is worth the price of admission. With his puffed out chest and nose in the air remaking himself physically, he creates a biographical portrait which will go down in the theater annals. Co-directors Nicholas Hytner and Jamie Armitage keep all the data and speechifying fascinating despite what could be the dryness of the material. And let’s not forget David Hare’s achievement to place the 30 year career of builder Robert Moses front and center on stage without overwhelming us with facts and figures but creating drama out of real life confrontations. "Straight Line Crazy" may just prove to be the dramatic high point of this theater season. [more]