Do things Scandinavian always come in waves? The New York stage has been inundated with nice things from the North. Our Spring issue covered the Norén debut "The Last Supper" of Jan.-Feb. Later, in June, 78th Street Theatre Lab presented the US premiere of Evil - a one-man play by Swedish author Jan Guillou. The play based on the same novel as the Oscar-nominated movie with the same name, was directed and translated by Jens Botrup. Jon Fosse's play, "Night Sings Its Songs," also premiered in June in NYC, directed by Norwegian-descended Sarah Cameron Sunde. Fosse, Norway's pre-eminent playwright, had his US premiere at the Culture Project's 45 Below Theatre, 45 Bleecker Street, NYC. Sunde's future directing is well worth following, as is the young Norwegian playwright's continued US pres...
Art and fashion, architecture and design, technology and photography: All of the... young designers from Finland and a modern baroque painter from Norway now living in New York. Today,...