Morgan Bassichis’s Haunted American Songbook Morgan Bassichis’s Haunted American Songbook
The performer’s work presents a riotous vision of what an intergenerational left might look like.
May 23, 2019 / Ari M. Brostoff
In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage
The poet’s debut play addresses appropriation, cultural ownership, and dirty money in the art world.
Apr 10, 2019 / Alisa Solomon
Who’s Going to Tell Trump? Who’s Going to Tell Trump?
Breaking: A report from inside the White House reveals infighting among advisers, consternation over Norwegian socialism, and the importance of chocolate milkshakes.
Apr 4, 2019 / Calvin Trillin
North Korea Through the Eyes of an American Dissident North Korea Through the Eyes of an American Dissident
As entertainment that deftly mixes history, satire, pathos, and comedy, Next Stop: North Korea is an unqualified success.
Mar 20, 2019 / Tim Shorrock
The Public’s Mobile Unit Restores the Mission of Theater The Public’s Mobile Unit Restores the Mission of Theater
A Midwestern tour of Sweat, staged in community spaces, invites its audience into the play.
Nov 2, 2018 / Elizabeth Pochoda
For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow
Through bravery and pain, she wrote with fierce love for young black women.
Nov 1, 2018 / Rebecca Carroll
Debora Barrios-Vasquez Took Sanctuary in a Manhattan Church to Avoid Deportation Debora Barrios-Vasquez Took Sanctuary in a Manhattan Church to Avoid Deportation
Then she wrote a play about it—and gave the story a happier ending.
Oct 22, 2018 / Laura Gottesdiener
Young Jean Lee’s Domestic Surrealism Young Jean Lee’s Domestic Surrealism
In her newest play, Lee offers us a look at the straight white man as a specimen.
Sep 11, 2018 / Alisa Solomon
In Tony Kushner’s America In Tony Kushner’s America
When it first debuted, Angels in America helped mark the rising fortunes of the gay-rights movement in the 1990s and early 2000s. What does it tell us about today?
Aug 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Serby
Adapting Ibsen for Our Times Adapting Ibsen for Our Times
Along with opportunity, recent revivals of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play An Enemy of the People bring much risk.
May 30, 2018 / Alisa Solomon