Tag: Germany
The Currency of Bertolt Brecht
What a shame we still live in a world that the playwright would so readily have recognized.
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.
Learning and Unlearning from the Bauhaus
A centenary spotlights how the school's influence lives on, but needs redefinition for today.
‘Transit’ Strike: An Interview with Franz Rogowski
The 33-year-old German actor is about to take the movie world by storm.
When American Expats Sounded the Alarm
History tells us that victory in war isn't inevitable. And ostriches need their heads out of the sand.
Breaking Bad Brecht: Off-Broadway ‘Arturo Ui’ Goes Kerplop
Director John Doyle's revival, starring Raúl Esparza, clumsily ties to our current political nightmare.
In ‘Hitler’s Tasters,’ Young Women Feast on the Fuhrer’s Food
Former journalist turned playwright Michelle Kholos Brooks explores a grim historical footnote.
On Stage Now: The Brilliant Nazi Scientist That America Embraced
A play about a Nazi (former Nazi?) who helped America to put a man on the moon.
Historian Richard Vinen Connects Our Agitated Era to ‘1968’
Remembering when America provided a model for protest around the globe.
The Lessons of 1934: Why 2018 Activists Must Face Faith
Can artist activists see past their secular lens to possibilities and threats of religion?
Presenting Tante Fritzi, Doyenne of (US) Weimar Kabarett
"You are dangerous, but very funny. And you reveal truth they are afraid to speak."
Memo to U.S. Artists: Key on German Activism
American artists must unite and constantly challenge tyranny.
Your Freedoms and the TPP, TTIP, and RCEP
Hundreds of thousands of activists, including a Nobel Prize-winning economist, oppose the secretive "free-trade" deals.
Greece’s Debt Battle: What’s the Real Story?
Here's a look at why Germany and other creditors don't want Greece to get out of its financial plight.
“Apocalypse: WWI” Will Teach Your Children Well
A five-part documentary with amazing digitally restored film footage reveals the evolution, horror, and futility of world war.
Greek Debt: Let’s Not Repeat History
The EU has a Hobson's choice to make, and had better get this one right.
The Raping of David Sarnoff’s NBC and ABC
The Brian Williams cover-up represents television's latest desecration of media pioneer David Sarnoff and his quest for truth.
Thanks, Germany! Now Back to American Football
Soccer? Yeah, whatever. Back to a real American sport.
Spying and Gold: The Germany-China-U.S. Shuffle
The American government, caught with pants down, finds it hard to dance with an old ally and a rising power.
RIP RGB, RIP GOP, RIP USA
None of the second-rate white men currently on the Supreme Court will receive the honors given to RBG when they finally die.
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Herman Cain (and Republicans Unable)
And then there was Jerry Falwell, Jr., with his open pants, evangelical FUPA and his hands veering into prime side-boob territory with -- hey, doesn't she have a name?
