theater
Campaign gains steam to save Black Broadway show ‘Ain’t No Mo’
December 15, 2022The lights may be dimming far too soon.
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‘Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground’: General, president, man and play
November 17, 2022People should, maybe not run, but dutifully show up to check out an important historical figure and, equally or even more important, a masterful monument of acting.
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‘Radio Golf’: August Wilson’s final statement on race and class in America
October 28, 2022“No one except perhaps Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams has aimed so high and achieved so much in the American theater,” wrote John Lahr in The New Yorker.
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‘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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World premiere of ‘Desert Stories for Lost Girls’ explores Southwestern ‘Genízaro’ history
October 4, 2022A soulful new play explores an aspect of American Southwest history that most Americans, including many descendants of Native peoples, probably don’t know.
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