plays
‘Fefu and Her Friends’: Fornés’s feminist odyssey at the Odyssey
August 16, 2019With its cast of eight, Fefu is well acted and not without humor—although it is more of the ironic, sardonic sort than the laugh-out-loud brand found in most comedies.
Read moreOutrageous hilarity of ‘The Producers’ a critique of capitalist fraud
August 15, 2019I haven’t heard it lately as part of Bernie Sanders’s current shtick, but I distinctly recall him saying in his last presidential run that “Fraud is the business model of Wall Street.”
Read more‘An American Saga Revival of Gunshot Medley: Part I,’ a Black epitaph
July 23, 2019A lyrical and mystical new play with live music is a high-power rifle shot across the bow of systemic American racism.
Read moreThornton Wilder says humanity must go on in ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’
July 22, 2019Picture yourself in a comfortable middle-class home on the Atlantic City Boardwalk in Excelsior, New Jersey—during the Ice Age!
Read moreBertolt Brecht’s Marxist masterpiece ‘Caucasian Chalk Circle’ in stunning production
July 17, 2019German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) changed 20th-century drama with his notion of “epic theater."
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