Culture
Washing the crime away: ‘Tar’ and ‘The Women of Lockerbie’
June 20, 2018My weekend playgoing curiously featured two plays centered on the theme of washing crime away.
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‘Hereditary’: The horror of privilege
June 19, 2018No one will call Hereditary, the directorial debut of Ari Aster, a simple haunted house story.
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‘Skeleton Crew’: Detroit workers’ jobs, homes, pensions, and lives on the line
June 18, 2018This play enacts the hollowing-out of American industry in the Great Recession years that began late in George W. Bush’s presidency.
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‘100 Aprils’: Armenian genocide makes for heavy drama
June 15, 2018This tragedy about genocide is for more adventurous ticket buyers with a leaning toward the serious, who don’t mind being challenged.
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O’Neill’s autobiographical ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’ a must-see
June 14, 2018The Bristol Old Vic Production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night is a masterful rendition of Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece about the human condition.
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