theater
Ionesco’s not so absurd “Rhinoceros” warns of the fascist takeover
July 20, 2017"More than half a century later, I’m seeing a lot of clumsy horned creatures smashing their way through the halls of Congress. They belong in a zoo!"
Read moreThe musical “Animal Farm,” buoyantly dark allegory of a lost utopia
July 18, 2017The big takeaway for us is not to believe that all revolutionary movements will eventually devolve into their opposites and turn into a new enslavement.
Read moreTwo theatre works 400 years apart shock with effects of anti-Semitism
July 11, 2017The singing and acting are completely engaging, proving, as many companies are coming around to appreciate today, that glitz and lots of stage furniture do not necessarily a musical make.
Read moreTo bake or not to bake: “The Cake” takes on “religious liberty”
July 6, 2017It tackles the thorny issue of equal rights in public accommodation vs. an individual’s right to “religious liberty” in their choice to discriminate against those whose personal values may not jibe with their own.
Read more“Pilgrims”: New play asks questions about replicating utopian genocide
June 29, 2017As Sigmund Freud argued in Beyond the Pleasure Principle, we are unconsciously compelled to repeat or recreate the conditions or experiences of violence we have suffered.
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