plays
‘Two Trains Running’ is August Wilson’s 1960s play in his Pittsburgh Cycle
February 27, 2019Despite my questions about the play itself, the production is a triumph.
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‘America Adjacent’ world premiere explores high cost of American Dream
February 26, 2019In America Adjacent, the playwright asks, “How far would you go to give your child a better future?”
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‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ treats disability, poverty, cruelty with dark humor
February 21, 2019I found myself not understanding every word uttered, but after a while not caring, for McDonagh clearly finds joy purely in the gift of language itself.
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An ‘Othello’ for our time: Was Shakespeare a white supremacist or anti-racist?
February 20, 2019Fresh from that championship season, A Noise Within’s Spring 2019 season blasts off with a must-see modern dress Othello.
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Vito Marcantonio, N.Y.’s socialist congressman, the subject of one-man play
February 1, 2019Today Marcantonio, perhaps the most progressive representative to ever hold a congressional seat, has largely been written out of history.
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