Tag: women
The Maria Irene Fornes Play Marathon We Need Right Now
A 12-hour tribute to the greatest playwright you've never heard of.
‘Being a Dancer Is Fun and All, But What’s Your Real...
Reflecting on a career trajectory from professional dance to politics and diplomacy.
Offred Won’t Save You: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Was Never About That
Viewers and critics want Offred to be a freedom fighter, serving neither the character nor the plot.
At the Morgan, Medieval Monsters Instruct and Entertain
Gorgeous illuminated manuscripts illustrate a broad concept of what monsters were -- and meant -- in medieval Europe.
I Am Not a Murderer. I Am a Dancer.
How I navigate being a mixed Indigenous woman with men like Trump and Trudeau in power.
Bildungsroman, Baby! Lisa Locascio’s Debut Novel, ‘Open Me’
An erotic first novel about a young American abroad gradually grows more eloquent.
Is the Humor of Barry Humphries Out of Time?
The days of performing witless, morally objectionable material under the guise of being "in character" are over.
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.
Marcus Gardley Constructs ‘The House That Will Not Stand’
A spunky, engaging, sardonic story of women making their way in a society framed by -- who else? -- men.
On Broadway, ‘Straight White Men’ Is Somewhat Bent Over
Young Jean Lee isn't necessarily crafting drama about what she knows so much as depending on others for what they know.
In ‘Mary Page Marlowe,’ Six Actors Create One (Un-) Exceptional Woman
In Tracy Letts' new play, meet a middle-class everywoman of the American Midwest.
Historian Richard Vinen Connects Our Agitated Era to ‘1968’
Remembering when America provided a model for protest around the globe.
White Women Have Privilege? Yep! Let’s Revisit ‘Real Housewives’
Our legal system rewards them for it.
On Stage Now: The US Women Who Served in Vietnam
A documentary play called 'In Their Footsteps" illuminates an era.
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.
‘Beauty Mark’: The First Film of the #MeToo Movement
A woman must find a way to seize the upper hand from the man who stole her innocence.
New Documentary Spotlights Drama Behind US v. Windsor
The story behind the story of the most important gay-rights legal decision of our time.
Pussy Riot Returns (On the Album of an All-Woman Vocal Quartet)
Lyrics and trial transcriptions join forces in a powerful oratorio.
‘Saint Joan’ On Broadway: Shaw’s Timeless Gift to Powerful Women
The title character has a heap of gumption as played by Condola Rashad.
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?
