Remember when two different theater companies simultaneously decided to stage (restage?) James Baldwin and William Buckley’s 1965 debate?
Continue reading “Toils and Troubles”
Remember when two different theater companies simultaneously decided to stage (restage?) James Baldwin and William Buckley’s 1965 debate?
Continue reading “Toils and Troubles”
When there’s nary an obvious mention of God in a play titled A Case for the Existence of God, what represents the play’s titular deity is open to interpretation.
Continue reading “Case Made”
Where were you when the ending didn’t drop?
Continue reading “At the Ending”
Let’s talk about allegories, shall we?
Continue reading “Allegorical”
You may question the wisdom of a production that deliberately inflicts physical discomfort upon an audience for dramaturgical purposes.
Continue reading “Barriers”
A play’s dramaturgy often serves to make the audience’s viewing experience reflect what the characters’ lived experience feels like.
Continue reading “Owwww”
Seems noteworthy:
Continue reading “Versus”
I’m a card-carrying member of the “actors, get over your obsession with accents” club.
Continue reading “Accentuated”
So I saw the latest Broadway revival of Company on Monday night.
Continue reading “One of One”
In the wake of the Signature Theatre’s revival of Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, much has been made about the racial implications of turning a one-person Anna Deavere Smith play into a multi-cast affair.
Continue reading “Obscurity and Ambiguity”