January 2018
Music, money, mortality
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On The Band’s Visit at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Junk at the Vivian Beaumont Theater & Shadowlands at the Acorn Theatre.
Topic: “Theater”
December 2017
Unlikely complications
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On M. Butterfly at the Cort Theatre, The Last Match at the Laura Pels Theatre & The Portuguese Kid at City Center.
November 2017
Stephen Sondheim’s sharp edges
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On the career of Stephen Sondheim and the current production of Sweeney Todd at the Barrow Street Theatre, New York.
October 2017
Screen plays
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On “A Clockwork Orange” at New World Stages, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, and “Anastasia” at the Broadhurst Theatre.
September 2017
Overthrowing regimes
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On 1984 at the Hudson Theatre, Michael Moore: The Terms of My Surrender at the Belasco Theatre, and Miss Saigon at the Broadway Theatre.
June 2017
Three cheers for femininity
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On Hello, Dolly! at the Shubert Theatre, A Doll’s House, Part 2 at the John Golden Theatre & War Paint at the Nederlander Theatre.
May 2017
The tragic sensibility
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On the unpredictability of humanity, both in politics and on the stage.
May 2017
News on the Rialto
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On The Price at the American Airlines Theatre, Sweat at Studio 54, & Come From Away at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
April 2017
Looming presences
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On Sunset Boulevard at the Palace Theatre, Ring Twice for Miranda at City Center, and White Guy on the Bus at 59E59 Theaters.
March 2017
August Wilson's cycle of bloodshed
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On the dark visions of the late playwright.