plays – Page 17 – People's World

‘An Enemy of the People’: Ibsen’s righteous rage and indignation updated

June 27, 2019 By Ed Rampell

I often look askance at adaptations executed for mainly commercial reasons, poetic license perpetrated without the consent of dead bards. But sometimes they work.

‘The Central Park Five,’ now an astounding world premiere opera

June 21, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

I 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.

‘Anne, A New Play’ in U.S. premiere reframes the Anne Frank story

June 19, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

In celebration of what would have been her 90th birthday this month (June 12), the Simon Wiesenthal Center presents the U.S. premiere of Anne, A New Play.

Anti-war play ‘Many May Not Return’ revived in Chicago

June 18, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

This is an original play that is truly unique in American theatre in that it poignantly dissects the place of patriotism and military service in three generations of a Mexican-American family.

‘Ready Steady Yeti Go’: Faulty maps through the fraught landscape of race

June 11, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon And Dale Greenfield

"Contrary to what they'd have us believe, authority figures don't know everything. And don't necessarily have our best interests at heart.”