Bill Marx
Library of America’s anthology War No More explores a distinctively American tradition of antimilitarism.
This is a rich evening of theater because it takes up social and psychological problems that aren’t ordinarily addressed on our stages.
RoosevElvis turns out to a sort of slaphappy homage to two American legends, a genial romp that sticks to stereotypes.
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.
Legally Blind contains sufficient satiric sting because it takes aim at the current fashion for musicals in which handicapped souls are healed.
The School for Scandal hasn’t dated a jot: put Snake, Mrs. Candour, and Mrs. Sneerwell on Facebook and watch civilizations totter.
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.
There’s nothing wrong with preaching the value of empathy — but who would argue?
“Even in a terrain as epic and mythic and exotic as the Sahara, you cannot run away from the weight of your past.”
Audiences are always shocked by Body & Sold.
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