Theater April 2021
The tragedy of Mike Nichols
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A review of Mike Nichols: A Life, by Mark Harris.
A review of Mike Nichols: A Life, by Mark Harris.
On the influential puppet show Kukla, Fran and Ollie.
On a new biography of the playwright Tom Stoppard.
A review of Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway, by Michael Riedel.
On the fame of George Bernard Shaw.
On recent closures in the performing arts world.
On the theatrical life of James Agate.
On the successful failure of the 1981 musical Merrily We Roll Along.
On Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future by James Shapiro.
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.