A nit to briefly pick, inspired by my Corona stroll down old movie lane:
Tag: A Crazy Mirror Showing Us Both in 5-D
Under the Radar 2020
A now-annual tradition: my ranking of this year’s Under the Radar Festival, courtesy of the Public Theater.
Betrayal Betrayed (for a moment)
We interrupt this Betrayal broadcast for a digression on plays related to the polemical dramas we discussed Monday.
Betrayed Wives
I’ve been thinking a lot about the difference between a playwright’s voice and a play’s voice.
Once Upon a Betrayal
Welcome to BETRAYED!, a week’s worth of diatribes inspired by the current Broadway revival of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal.
Imagine All the People
The title of Imagining Madoff — now running at Theatre Row, courtesy of New Light Theater Project — describes both the play’s mission and its titular subject’s preferred activity, a duality that probes the similarities between Bernie’s famed — infamous? — misdeeds and the nature of historical storytelling in art.
Goosey
When you’re familiar with the source material, it’s hard not to judge the adaptation more than its actual content.
Is This an Approach
How is Ralph Fiennes, one of the best actors in the world, not getting offered better roles than Official Secrets?!
Play with Musicals
My favorite Broadway musical of the 2018-2019 season: Choir Boy.
2018-2019 Theatre: Recap
My complete recap of the 2018-2019 theatre season:
