arts and culture
‘Keely and Du’ takes on Christian nationalism, reproductive rights and kidnapping
August 8, 2024Jane Martin’s 1993 play Keely and Du was a finalist for the 1994 Pulitzer Prize, and years later, in 2018, was turned into a feature film.
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‘Bauhaus Project’ premieres: Can the unity of function and beauty survive fascism?
August 7, 2024This city’s Open Fist Theatre Company enjoys the distinction of presenting the world premiere production of playwright Tom Jacobson’s two-part The Bauhaus Project—Part 1: Bauhaus Weimar and Part 2: Bauhaus Dessau and Bauhaus Berlin.
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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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