Culture
‘According to the Chorus’: A slice of working life on Broadway’s backstage
October 27, 2022There were a few glitches in it—stockings with tears, a black eye on one of the dancers, a badly sprained foot, a romantic breakup or two…. But these were all part of the show.
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‘(Un)Documents’: Queer actor Jesús I. Valles’s lyrical journey through immigration papers
October 21, 2022“Citizenship?” Really? “A collection of arbitrary accidents,” Valles says.
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Cherokee Indian Fair back after pandemic cancellations
October 20, 2022Having attended the fair since I was a child made this a particularly joyous occasion.
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‘The Atheist Mother’ fictionalizes the story of militant freethinker Madelyn Murray O’Hair
October 20, 2022Playwright Willard Manus takes on the famous case of Murray v. Curlett, which challenged the policy of mandatory prayers and Bible reading in Baltimore public schools.
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A Portugal diary: People, places, and memory
October 19, 2022People’s World staff member Eric Gordon on his first visit back to Portugal since the fall of the fascist dictatorship nearly half-a-century ago.
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