Bill Marx

Book Interview: Library of America’s “War No More” — Why Not Give Peace a Chance?

May 30, 2016
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Library of America’s anthology War No More explores a distinctively American tradition of antimilitarism.

Stage Review: In The Body of the World — Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Worlds

May 25, 2016
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This is a rich evening of theater because it takes up social and psychological problems that aren’t ordinarily addressed on our stages.

Theater Review: “RoosevElvis” — Antic Americana

May 13, 2016
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RoosevElvis turns out to a sort of slaphappy homage to two American legends, a genial romp that sticks to stereotypes.

Theater Review: Zeitgeist Stage’s “A Great Wilderness” — Revelations in the Woods

May 11, 2016
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A Great Wilderness dramatizes the plight of a believer who is forced to face a powerful truth about himself — that he has probably wasted his life.

Theater Review: “Legally Blind: The Helen Keller Musical” — Burlesque, Visually Impaired

May 6, 2016
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Legally Blind contains sufficient satiric sting because it takes aim at the current fashion for musicals in which handicapped souls are healed.

Theater Review: Actors’ Shakespeare Project Serves Up a Genial “School for Scandal”

April 23, 2016
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The School for Scandal hasn’t dated a jot: put Snake, Mrs. Candour, and Mrs. Sneerwell on Facebook and watch civilizations totter.

Theater Interview: “Mistero Buffo” — Seriously Funny

March 22, 2016
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Socialism is no longer a discredited word, and Fo brings an impish sense of divine comedy to the clash between the haves and the have nots.

Theater Review: “Baltimore” — Talking Isn’t Enough

February 15, 2016
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There’s nothing wrong with preaching the value of empathy — but who would argue?

Book Interview: Douglas Kennedy on “The Blue Hour”

February 13, 2016
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“Even in a terrain as epic and mythic and exotic as the Sahara, you cannot run away from the weight of your past.”

Theater Interview: Deborah Lake Fortson on “Body & Sold”

February 1, 2016
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Audiences are always shocked by Body & Sold.

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