Tag: New York City
After 50 Years, Elaine May Returns to Broadway
In Kenneth Lonergan's "The Waverly Gallery," May gives a superb performance of lasting memory.
Mike Hot-Pence by Day, VP Mike Pence by Night
After creating a satirical character, actor Glen Pannell never expected to play the real VP.
Susan Collins Honorary Co-Sponsor of Human Rights Art Festival?
Producer Tom Block must disavow all association with the 50th vote for Brett Kavanaugh.
Emily Mann Presents Gloria Steinem, Warts and All
A documentary theater pioneer takes on a "deeply human" feminist legend.
Mover, Shaker, Dancer: City Council Speaker Corey Johnson
Does NYC Council Speaker Johnson think America can live up to its ideals despite all the horrible tweets and policies coming out of Washington?
Yinka Shonibare MBE’s ‘Wind Sculpture’ Is Disappointing Public Art
A bloodless public sculpture doesn't adequately address the bloody themes it claims to.
Audible and ‘Harry Clarke’ Remade David Cale’s Career
Starring Billy Crudup, produced by Audible, it was performance, workshop and theater history in one.
The Rudy Giuliani Brain Trust
To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, the truth is the truth is the truth is the truth.
The Maria Irene Fornes Play Marathon We Need Right Now
A 12-hour tribute to the greatest playwright you've never heard of.
At the Morgan, Medieval Monsters Instruct and Entertain
Gorgeous illuminated manuscripts illustrate a broad concept of what monsters were -- and meant -- in medieval Europe.
Oh, My “D-Illyria” For Shaina Taub’s First-Rate ‘Twelfth Night’
The rain fell steadily, once stopping the show for maybe 15 minutes. I refused to budge.
Why Time Is Still Ripe for the Fresh Fruit Festival
An act of defiance for 16 years and counting, we need festivals like "Fresh Fruit" now more than ever.
What Is the Future of Theater Podcasting?
Talking with Peter Marks, Diep Tran and Jose Solis on their new podcasts and why criticism shouldn't be as white as "an Abercrombie and Fitch catalog."
White Women Have Privilege? Yep! Let’s Revisit ‘Real Housewives’
Our legal system rewards them for it.
Masi Asare and Her Radical, Creative Musical Theater
A Black woman composer-lyricist-book writer can hit many diversity check-boxes. But she'd rather talk about craft.
Ezra, Henry and a Refuge From Adulthood in ‘Log Cabin’
Gender identity used as a storytelling tool, not as the point of the play.
Vanishing Politics! The Off-Broadway Wonder of Vitaly Beckman
If this sounds like a relief, that's because it feels like a relief.
These People Prove How Trump Emboldens Racism
Trump said his ancestors “tamed a country.” By looking racists in their face, maybe we can tame them.
Can Playwright Rajiv Joseph Cure Our Fake News Sickness?
We're not the first nation to face propaganda from a government prone to lies and deceit.
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?
