Theater October 2021
A shaky new season
On Pass Over at August Wilson Theatre, Trial on the Potomac: The Impeachment of Richard Nixon at the Theatre at St. Clement’s, and The Book of Moron at Soho Playhouse.
Department: “Theater”
Theater September 2021
Ladies’ nights
On Enemy of the People at the Park Avenue Armory; Get On Your Knees at the Cherry Lane Theatre; and Fruma-Sarah (Waiting in the Wings) at the Cell.
Theater June 2021
The best book on theater
On The Season, by William Goldman.
Theater May 2021
Pirandello’s “play of the century”
On Six Characters in Search of an Author.
Theater April 2021
The tragedy of Mike Nichols
A review of Mike Nichols: A Life, by Mark Harris.
Theater March 2021
The most grateful Englishman
On a new biography of the playwright Tom Stoppard.
Theater February 2021
Guys & dolls
A review of Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway, by Michael Riedel.
Theater September 2020
Chekhov’s 2020 vision
On the Russian doctor’s enduring diagnoses of societal ills.
Theater June 2020
The puritan bohemian
On the fame of George Bernard Shaw.
Theater May 2020
Absolutely Agate
On the theatrical life of James Agate.