theater
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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Young Asian-Americans pursue dreams of success in ‘As We Babble On’
June 12, 2018As America moves toward ever greater multi-ethnic nationality, will more democratic racial and gender representation in the halls of success do anything to alter the hardening class divide?
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‘An American Soldier’: New opera asks troubling questions about citizenship
June 8, 2018Hazing becomes racial harassment becomes sadistic torture becomes death. This was the experience of Pvt. Danny Chen in the U.S. Army.
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Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’: An ancient class struggle epic with modern topicality
June 5, 2018In the first act the company’s timing was occasionally off, but by Act II they were off and flying into the wild blue yonder.
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Patriarchy x 3: Two world premiere plays and an opera
May 31, 2018Last weekend I saw a play, an opera, then another play. Mulling over what to say about them, it struck me that they’re related.
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