drama
“Train to Zakopané” is a hard hitting play about bigotry
December 2, 2014The plight of Jews in 1928 Poland, with the rise of the Nazis lurking and looming in the background, is strong stuff.
Read more“The Ballad of Jane Elkins,” Texas slave woman hanged
October 28, 2014A soliloquy in which African-American slave Jane comes back alive to go over the last few days before she used an ax to split open the head of slave Master Wisdom.
Read moreLaughter through tears in Canada’s “Rez Sisters”
October 17, 2014First Nation women and one man give virtuoso performances in a play as true today as when written 28 years ago.
Read moreA playwright named “Shagspeare” in Bill Cain’s “Equivocation”
September 24, 2014"Shag" for short receives a royal commission to write about Guy Fawkes and England's 1605 Gunpowder Plot.
Read moreOn FX’s “Tyrant” cruelty is normal
July 30, 2014The first review I read said that "Tyrant" was overly cruel and sadistic. Isn't the justification for adult programs that go beyond normal bounds that all the mayhem is necessary to tell the story?
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