Theater June 2021
The best book on theater
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On The Season, by William Goldman.
Topic: “Broadway”
Theater April 2021
The tragedy of Mike Nichols
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A review of Mike Nichols: A Life, by Mark Harris.
Theater February 2021
Guys & dolls
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A review of Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway, by Michael Riedel.
Jan 20, 2021
In your face with Kaufman and Hart
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On science and Grandpa’s wisdom.
Mar 19, 2020
Stephen Sondheim’s felicitous flop
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On the successful failure of the 1981 musical Merrily We Roll Along.
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 January 2020
The bijou from Peru
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On The Letters of Cole Porter, edited by Cliff Eisen and Dominic McHugh.
Theater December 2019
Preoccupations present & past
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On The Sound Inside at Studio 54, Slave Play at the Golden Theatre & The Rose Tattoo at the American Airlines Theatre.
Theater June 2019
Brush up your Shakespeare
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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
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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.