Eve Ensler Rising Eve Ensler Rising
With a new play, Emotional Creature, and big plans for V-Day 2013, the activist playwright reaches for new heights.
Nov 8, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Laura Flanders
Willy Loman’s Secret Willy Loman’s Secret
Death of a Salesman speaks to our time on the failure of competitive capitalism.
Apr 11, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Lee Siegel
Alisa Solomon: Grappling With Mike Daisey’s ‘Journalism’ Alisa Solomon: Grappling With Mike Daisey’s ‘Journalism’
How the artist's narrative carried everyone away.
Mar 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Mike Check: A Few More Words on L’Affaire Daisey Mike Check: A Few More Words on L’Affaire Daisey
In his defense, the embattled monologist stressed the differences between theater and journalism. Did he have a point?
Mar 28, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Tony Kushner’s Intelligent Homosexuals Tony Kushner’s Intelligent Homosexuals
Without turning into sentimental left-wing pageantry, Kushner’s new play illuminates radicalism and makes art of sectarian dreams and failures.
Apr 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Margaret Spillane
The Three Faces of Steve: On Stephen Sondheim The Three Faces of Steve: On Stephen Sondheim
Finishing the Hat makes clear Stephen Sondheim’s belief that being an artist requires intellectual vigilance.
Mar 23, 2011 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff
The Dirty Halo: On Sarah Bernhardt The Dirty Halo: On Sarah Bernhardt
Robert Gottlieb's vigorous biography of Sarah Bernhardt shows the actress in all her workaholic, passionate and unsentimental force.
Nov 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl
Doing the Time: On Paul Chan Doing the Time: On Paul Chan
Waiting for Godot in New Orleans is a field guide to the life of an idea worked out in a community over eight months.
Oct 6, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nick Stillman
The Most Happy Fela The Most Happy Fela
Fela! is an ambitious but flawed musical about the Nigerian Afrobeat and anti-establishment icon Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
May 5, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Franklin Bruno
Shelf Life Shelf Life
The Kenning Anthology of Poets Theater; Terese Svoboda's Weapons Grade; Bob Hicok's Words for Empty and Words for Full.
Apr 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Davis