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If a live event has no live actors, stage, sets or costumes, is it really theater? That’s the conundrum posed by Blindness, the unique gathering at... Read more →
Voyeur: Street Theater in the Time of COVID
COVID vaccinations are ramping up and restrictions are beginning to loosen, but variant strains threaten another pandemic surge. Thus the reopening... Read more →
Intimate Streams: Nomadland, Pieces of a Woman, Supernova
The COVID pandemic has not only shut down the American theater but it has also transformed the movie business—perhaps permanently. With movie... Read more →
Historic Meetings: One Night in Miami, Little Wars, Falling Stars
When I was a kid back in the 1970s, PBS used to run a series called Meeting of the Minds. Created, written and hosted by the comedian-writer Steve... Read more →
Ma Rainey Sings the Blues with Passion and Rage
In the 20th century, the number of African-American playwrights who have had financially successful, non-musical productions on Broadway can be... Read more →
Netflix’s The Prom and Streaming Holiday Musicals
With Broadway shut down at least until June of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, one must rely on streaming services and the occasional broadcast... Read more →
Give Me Your Hand Combines Art, Theater and Poetry
The Broadway League recently announced that the hiatus for all of its member theaters has been extended until June of 2021. That means at least seven... Read more →
Final Apple Zoom Play Incidental Moments Celebrates Small Joys
Dr. Anthony Fauci recently predicted we may not be able to sit safely in theaters until the end of 2021. If that is the case, we’ll have to make... Read more →
Virtual Cabaret: Love, Noel
The intimate environs of cabaret will probably be the last aspect of the entertainment industry to return to normal in this COVID world. Patrons... Read more →
Seeking Connection in The Weir
Five lonely people swap ghost stories in a secluded Irish country pub in Connor McPherson’s touching play The Weir. This woes of this disheartened... Read more →
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