Theater April 2020
The United States of Shakespeare
On Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future by James Shapiro.
Department: “Theater”
Theater March 2020
Sex, race, ethnicity
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
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.
Theater January 2020
The bijou from Peru
On The Letters of Cole Porter, edited by Cliff Eisen and Dominic McHugh.
Theater December 2019
Preoccupations present & past
On The Sound Inside at Studio 54, Slave Play at the Golden Theatre & The Rose Tattoo at the American Airlines Theatre.
Theater November 2019
Not OK
On The Great Society at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, Oklahoma! at the Circle in the Square Theater, and Tootsie at the Marquis Theater.
Theater October 2019
West End diary
On Bitter Wheat at the Garrick Theatre, The Son at the Duke of York’s Theatre, and A Very Expensive Poison at the Old Vic.
Theater September 2019
The problem with “Mockingbird”
On To Kill a Mockingbird at the Shubert Theater.
Theater June 2019
Brush up your Shakespeare
On Kiss Me, Kate at Studio 54, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus at the Booth Theatre, and King Lear at the Cort Theatre.
Theater May 2019
States of chassis
On Nantucket Sleigh Ride at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Juno and the Paycock at the Irish Rep, and The Cradle Will Rock at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater.