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Unending total agreement can hurt nonprofit arts groups. There are better ways to be a board.
That Time Susan Sontag Did Something Stupid
She staged "Waiting for Godot" in 1993 Sarajevo. A Sontag biography raises current questions on what motivates social practice.
How Halston Predicted the Future and Became a Pariah
Frédéric Tcheng’s documentary retraces the rise and fall of an iconic, enigmatic American designer.
‘Frankie and Johnny’ Beams a Strong Broadway Half-Light
Playwright Terrence McNally can be greatly thanked -- especially in the light of the moon.
Who Are The 1491s and What Is ‘Between Two Knees’?
An intertribal, Indigenous sketch-comedy troupe exposes a deep cultural scar.
Time For All Democratic Hopefuls To Do One Simple Thing
I'm still thinking about She the People -- and all the Democratic candidates not getting specific.
The Currency of Bertolt Brecht
What a shame we still live in a world that the playwright would so readily have recognized.
Harris/Castro: Progressive 2020 Fantasy League, Part I
They have executive, prosecutorial, legislative and Cabinet experience. But can they win?
Boycott For Choice: Can Artists Be Profiles in Courage?
If you are an artist and pro-choice, you have to confront a terrible and difficult question.
Spurning the Sacklers’ Money Seems Easy Now, But…
Funny things can happen at arts organizations when an economy goes into a tailspin.
‘The Old Gray Homestead’: Centenary of a Forgotten First Novel
Frances Parkinson Keyes is little remembered these days; she may have been the Joyce Carol Oates of her time.
Notes on ‘Notes on Camp’
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Dancing on the Head of a Constitutional Crisis Pin
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Biden Our Time as the 2020 Democratic Primary Gets Hot
On our new podcast episode, summing up the Biden launch, mourning hate, and a quiz!
Latinx Artists Probe Sci-Fi in ‘Mundos Alternos’
Artists from across the Americas playfully show that science fiction has always been a metaphor for addressing complex political and social realities.
All the Good News I Could Find
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Can Economic Impact Make a Case for Arts Nonprofits?
Nonprofit arts is to commercial arts what food banks are to supermarkets. Or maybe not.
The Paradox of Seeking Justice Through the Arts
Artists need to shut it down while holding it together, burn bridges while bridging divides.
Hello Libertarian, My Old Friend
He launched a movement to reform our two-party system. He remains committed to it.
Women Take the Spotlight at Panorama Europe 2019
A striking through-line highlights this festival, now at NYC's Museum of the Moving Image.
Gainsborough Family Album: A New Look at an Old Master
At Princeton, new insights into subtly political portraits of Gainsborough family members.
Native Voices: Finding Refuge on a Hill in Los Angeles
They don’t just nurture plays. They nurture the Native artists who flock to the refuge on the hill.
Let Them Eat Culture: Notre Dame and the Collateral Damage of Charity
Where they elite meet to...not care about anyone but the elite. As usual.
‘Lockdown’ Appeals for Justice Reform — and Compassion
Playwright Cori Thomas learned to see the San Quentin incarcerated as individuals, not as past crimes.
Inside David Garrison, a Well-Defended Mr. Mister
How to play an avaricious, amoral capitalist in an age of avaricious, amoral capitalists.
What ‘Ain’t No Mo’ Taught Me About 400 Years of Inequality
Audiences laughed. But no one will ever understand the pain of African Americans.
Taking Up Space: A Tale of Two Mitskis
I, too, want to be treated like a cowboy. I want to be treated like a white man with a weapon.
For Hnath, ‘Hillary and Clinton’ Are a, If Not the, Real Thing
Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow cannonade a gratifying 90-minute, intermissionless play.
Two Cities Getting Arts and Culture Right: Kansas City
This red-state city in the heartland offers best practices and innovation in arts and culture.
The Democratic Race: Kamala Harris — or a Caveat
Diversity is important, but not enough. More will be needed from the Democratic nominee.
When Ari Melber Gets ‘In Your Face’
Or, satire is not "what closes on Saturday night."
Dear Tasha Lawrence: A Letter About ‘All Our Children’
You have a tough scene late in the play. You probably know it -- what you do at the end of it.
That Time Susan Sontag Did Something Stupid
She staged "Waiting for Godot" in 1993 Sarajevo. A Sontag biography raises current questions on what motivates social practice.
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Spurning the Sacklers’ Money Seems Easy Now, But…
Funny things can happen at arts organizations when an economy goes into a tailspin.
New Podcast: Trump Can’t Go to England and Not Be a...
We also dish Mueller's speech, slow-clap a Tea Partier, and handicap the Dems. Plus: a cold open!
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That Time Susan Sontag Did Something Stupid
She staged "Waiting for Godot" in 1993 Sarajevo. A Sontag biography raises current questions on what motivates social practice.
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We also dish Mueller's speech, slow-clap a Tea Partier, and handicap the Dems. Plus: a cold open!
