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In ‘Halfway Bitches,’ Playwright Guirgis Goes All the Way

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This is two-act, two-hour-and-40-minute political issue to which attention must be paid.

Is the Tragedy of Sept. 11 Intelligible to Us Yet?

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Looking to ancient drama to comprehend the incomprehensible.

Revisiting the Comic Tragicomedy of Sean O’Casey

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Irish Rep reexamines a challenging classic, set during the Irish War for Independence.

Triangle Shirtwaist Burns with ‘Fire in My Mouth’ Oratorio

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An infamous tragedy inspires a monument to immigrants and their American struggle.

After Mass Shootings, What’s an Arts Communicator to Do?

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Every time I sat down to write this article, I thought I'd have more time.

“Fail-Safe”: Remember When Nukes Weren’t a Punch Line?

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Why aren't we worrying about the bomb?

Et Tu, Orange Brute: Is Donald Trump “Julius Caesar”?

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A surprising misreading of Shakespeares

Something Rotten: Irondale’s “1599 Project” and Donald Trump

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The production of a play must always serve as a mirror to our own time in history.

ShakesBEER: Raise a Glass to a Pint-Sized Bard

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The Bard, the bars, the booze: much ado about something.

Exit, Pursued by a Board: The Tragedy of Emma Rice

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A row over lighting leaves one of London's most unique theaters with dimmed prospects.

44 Years of Family Dysfunction: “Love, Love, Love”

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The Beatles insist that love is all you need. The playwright wonders if it's true.

How Video Games Show Us the Value of Unhappy Endings

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Video games are full of unhappy endings. What if this were true in other art?

“The People v. O.J. Simpson” Replays a Trauma

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The trial functioned as a mechanism to expose the willful blindness of American society.

Romeo and Juliet: A May-November Love Story in Purgatory

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Romeo has never been this sexy or probably this old.

Aristotle Reviews AMC’s “Breaking Bad”

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The author of "Poetics" answers why the TV series is so popular.

5 Questions: Tom Gualtieri On “That Play” (Psst! A Solo “Macbeth”)

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If you're not having fun playing the most tragic characters in the theatre, you're doing it wrong.

5 Questions I’ve Never Been Asked: Will Le Vasseur

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How do we handle vampiric personalities, especially when they exist within us?

5 Questions I’ve Never Been Asked: Robert Steven Ackerman

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Ackerman, who teaches theology and is a Catholic scholar, has written Joan of Arc on commission for Gorilla Repertory Theater Company. It runs July 9 to Aug. 2.
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Herman Cain (and Republicans Unable)

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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?