theater
Growing up and getting wiser in the land of ‘Falsettos’
April 22, 2019All art requires a certain level of suspension of disbelief, and Falsettos presents no exception to the rule.
Read more‘Birdland Blue’ evokes Miles Davis’s late 1950s jazz world
April 10, 2019The play spools out in one 90-minute act, engaging eye, ear and heart all the way.
Read more‘The Elephant Man’ on stage: Being Human 101
March 27, 2019Overall, this fine Elephant Man is among the most moving meditations I’ve ever seen staged about the beauty within the beast and the human spirit.
Read more‘Blues for Mr. Charlie,’ further James Baldwin ruminations on race
March 20, 2019This lofty, must-see, powerful production of Blues for Mr. Charlie is the latest in a list of a revival of works by author/playwright/polemicist James Baldwin.
Read more‘The Joy Wheel’ and “Friends with Guns’: Survivalist apocalypse has arrived
March 19, 2019Despite my own reaction to the play—perhaps because of it—I believe this is a highly important play for our time.
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