Play review
‘An American Saga Revival of Gunshot Medley: Part I,’ a Black epitaph
July 23, 2019A lyrical and mystical new play with live music is a high-power rifle shot across the bow of systemic American racism.
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Thornton Wilder says humanity must go on in ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’
July 22, 2019Picture yourself in a comfortable middle-class home on the Atlantic City Boardwalk in Excelsior, New Jersey—during the Ice Age!
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Bertolt Brecht’s Marxist masterpiece ‘Caucasian Chalk Circle’ in stunning production
July 17, 2019German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) changed 20th-century drama with his notion of “epic theater."
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‘An Enemy of the People’: Ibsen’s righteous rage and indignation updated
June 27, 2019I often look askance at adaptations executed for mainly commercial reasons, poetic license perpetrated without the consent of dead bards. But sometimes they work.
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‘The Central Park Five,’ now an astounding world premiere opera
June 21, 2019I have seen a lot of opera in my lifetime, and I can honestly say I have never been so emotionally overwhelmed as I was Saturday night.
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