Culture
‘Crevasse’ recalls 1938 encounter between Walt Disney and fascist filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl
August 6, 2024BURBANK, Calif.—If Project 2025 isn’t explicit enough about its intent to institute fascism in America on Day One of a reprise of Donald Trump's presidency, starting January 20, 2025, some new plays now world premiering in...
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‘Radical Connecticut’ surveys people’s history of a small New England state
August 5, 2024This is a quirky book, but saturated with rich content.
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On his centennial, an estimation of James Baldwin’s enduring power and influence
August 2, 2024From his early encounter with communists and other progressive political activists, Baldwin knew that his experience was not limited to African Americans but was intrinsic to capitalism and imperialism.
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Arthurian legends, Cold War realpolitik and sexual politics in ‘Camelot’
July 31, 2024Set in medieval England, Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s Camelot, one of Broadway’s top musicals of all time, is as fabled as the legends this play is derived from.
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Albert Maltz’s anti-fascist masterpiece ‘The Cross and the Arrow’ gets timely reboot
July 30, 2024“One of the truly outstanding literary achievements of the war period,” a work that gave Maltz “new stature” as an artist.
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