Jamie deRoy Hosts the Toast of Broadway Old and New
[Original published in Theater Pizzazz, May 11, 2017.] Broadway performances past and present were evoked in the newest “Jamie deRoy & Friends” cabaret show on the intimate Birdland stage. This […]
Making More Space for Latinx Artists
[Original published in TDF Stages, May 5, 2017.] The Sol Project returns with a new production — A traumatized doctor named Moisés sits in a washtub filled with pineapples that […]
Finding the Personal in the Political
[Original published in TDF Stages, May 1, 2017.] How one social justice theatre company uses real-life stories to inspire its art — Last summer, Houses on the Moon, a socially focused, […]
Review: The Price at American Airlines Theatre
[Caption: Danny DeVito, Mark Ruffalo, and Tony Shalhoub, making an assessment of lives lived in The Price. Photo: Joan Marcus.] [Original published in Exeunt Magazine, April 11, 2017.] Arthur Miller wrote […]
Roundtable: Is Jesse Green the right choice for the New York Times?
[I am one voice among many in this article originally published by “Exeunt Staff” in Exeunt Magazine, April 10, 2017.] As yet another white man is hired to the most prestigious job in US theatre criticism, Exeunt’s New York writers ask when the conversation will really change. After theater critic Charles Isherwood was fired, the New York Times announced […]
Fornes Meets O’Neill in Talbott’s Gravedigger’s Lullaby
[Original published in Theater Pizzazz, March 28, 2017.] For the trio of society’s cast-offs at the core of Jeff Talbott’s 90-minute play The Gravedigger’s Lullaby, life is having a pot […]
Chess Match No. 5 – Movement, Light, Sound, a Board Game
[article as originally published in Theater Pizzazz, March 27, 2017.] The experiential onslaught of Chess Match No. 5 begins as you enter the steeply pitched seating of the June Havoc […]
Chris Rawson, Theater Critic, On Honoring August Wilson
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, March 12, 2017.] It is fashionable to debate the importance of cultural criticism. The debate questions what criticism is and who is […]
review: Turning Page
by Angelica Page Directed by Wilson Milam Featuring Angelica Page Dixon Place 161A Chrystie Street February 10, 2017 – March 16, 2017 production site Look away for a moment and a multi-week run […]
review: Sunset Boulevard
Featuring Glenn Close, Michael Xavier, Siobhan Dillon, Fred Johanson Palace Theatre 1564 Broadway Open February 9, 2017 production site The orchestra is huge and muffled, the set is fascinating and disassembled, and a […]
Wrestling With the Legacy of a Real-Life Attorney
[article as originally published in TDF Stages, March 1, 2017.] A new play takes on William Kunstler — Playwright Jeffrey Sweet was inspired by a shock of hair and a lanky swagger. […]
Catherine Filloux and Poetic Political Theater
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, February 28, 2017.] Poetry, design concepts, political themes and strong female characters distinguish the work of playwright and activist Catherine Filloux. […]
Bill Hirschman: Theater Criticism’s Cockeyed Optimist
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, February 12, 2017.] It is fashionable to debate the importance of cultural criticism. The debate questions what criticism is, who is and […]
Class Fades In
[article as originally published in Theater Pizzazz, February 9, 2017.] Class, culture, language, appropriation, and integrity underscore the quiet power of Tanya Saracho’s Fade produced by Primary Stages at the […]
A Most Visible Baby Mama on Multiple Births
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, January 24, 2017.] [feature image caption: Mariah MacCarthy. Photo: Kacey Stamats.] Edgy and sweet, tenacious and joyous, raucous and calm, crude and […]
Tulis McCall on Aging, Invisibility, and Regret
[article as originally published in Theater Pizzazz, January 20, 2017.] “When you’re a woman of a certain age,” Tulis McCall impishly informs us, “regret is everywhere.” McCall’s one woman show […]
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