Bill Marx
A collection of quotes that have stung or sustained me over the past 12 months.
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Our critics salute the year’s outstanding productions.
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An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.
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Abigail C. Onwunali’s powerhouse performance is memorable, but the mechanics of Mfoniso Udofia’s play don’t always match the lead’s boundary-stretching strengths.
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“Leopoldstadt” is one of Tom Stoppard’s most heartfelt and expansive works, its poignant storyline inspired by events in his own life.
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Cinematic in inspiration, Diane Paulus’s direction whips up terse bursts of adolescent energy, tapping into a cocky hunger for self-destructive combat.
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“It’s not just some generic ‘evil’ “The Arsonists” protests, it is willful blindness to fascist and authoritarian agendas. Denial and hiding behind “bourgeois” comfort is the theme.”
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A translator must meet a compelling need — to reinvent Franz Kafka’s voice in an English that resounds in the present moment.
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A relaxed, humane kindness shines through this staging of Shakespeare’s hymn to reconciliation.
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The Lyric Stage Company’s production of David Henry Hwang’s Obie award-winning play is serviceably absorbing.
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Arts Remembrance: Tribute to Jazz Producer Alex Lemsky