Guards at the Taj: Blood, Banter, Beauty
It is extremely unusual in less than a month, to come across two pieces of theatre that seem to be spores that blew in from another planet. Man... Read more →
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Odets’ Awake & Sing Moves Us. Again.
Watching the really fine revival of a modern classic is a little like biting into a familiar sandwich that suddenly tastes infinitely better, just... Read more →
Still Learning to Let Go
There’s a lot to be said about Appropriate, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ambitious play at the Mark Taper Forum, most of it not encouraging. It’s a... Read more →
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Coincidence & Coveting: Some Reflections
Something was going on last week. Not just the Pope’s remarkable first visit to the U.S. that coincided with Yom Kippur, inducing a double dose of... Read more →
Translaptations, Usurpations, Adaptations
What a hoot. Coincidence makes for truly farcical bedfellows. The Geffen Playhouse has kicked off its new season, with the Yale Repertory Theatre... Read more →
Alter Ego Theatre: Citizen & The Object Lesson
I came late in the run to Citizen, An American Lyric at the Fountain Theatre and early to the opening night of The Object Lesson at the Kirk... Read more →
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Why Theatre?
In my recent review of Rob Mersola’s Luka’s Room, a play that straddled comedy and soft porn with some dexterity but not much wit, I had to ask... Read more →
What’s in Luka’s Room? Not Much
What is the point of theatre? Historically speaking, as a whole and in general, it is there to enlighten – stimulate a better understanding of... Read more →
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Reliving Bent at the Mark Taper Forum
When the news broke months ago that Center Theatre Group was reviving the 1979 Martin Sherman play Bent, the immediate question that came to mind was... Read more →
Coming Home to Pinter
Some people say that criticism is a lot easier to write than a play. Of course it is. It’s also better if it’s lucid, which a play does not have... Read more →
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