Theater May 2021
Pirandello’s “play of the century”
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On Six Characters in Search of an Author.
Department: “Theater”
Theater April 2021
The tragedy of Mike Nichols
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A review of Mike Nichols: A Life, by Mark Harris.
Theater March 2021
The most grateful Englishman
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On a new biography of the playwright Tom Stoppard.
Theater February 2021
Guys & dolls
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A review of Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway, by Michael Riedel.
Theater September 2020
Chekhov’s 2020 vision
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On the Russian doctor’s enduring diagnoses of societal ills.
Theater June 2020
The puritan bohemian
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On the fame of George Bernard Shaw.
Theater May 2020
Absolutely Agate
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On the theatrical life of James Agate.
Theater April 2020
The United States of Shakespeare
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On Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future by James Shapiro.
Theater March 2020
Sex, race, ethnicity
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On Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice at the Signature Center, A Soldier’s Play at the American Airlines Theater, and West Side Story at the Broadway Theater.
Theater February 2020
Seems like old times
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On Harry Townsend’s Last Stand at Stage II at City Center, The Inheritance at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, and MsTrial at New World Stages.