To see Raisin in the Sun in post-Obama America is to experience how a classic both remains emblematic of its time and changes resonance as time passes.
Theater Review: “Now Circa Then” — Comic Time-Tripping
Opening on July 4, at a moment when immigrants and their living conditions are once again in the forefront of the news, Now Circa Then is an inspired choice.
Theater Review: “Hold These Truths” — Powerful Political Drama
The play’s disparate elements have been blended into a riveting drama, energetically directed by Lisa Rothe, and nimbly performed by Joel de la Fuente.
Theater Review: “The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?” — Greek Tragedy, Updated to Shock
Edward Albee’s provocative theatrical exercise is far trickier to realize onstage than it is to appreciate on paper.
Book Review: Anne Frank’s Diary — The Graphic Version
I’m impressed with the new adaptation and depressed that it’s considered necessary.
Book Review: Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” — Alone At Last With Lots She Wants to Say
Becoming is a contemporary woman’s adventure told by an intelligent, funny narrator who took a leap out of her comfort zone and came out of it, with her family intact, to tell the tale.
Book Review: “The Barefoot Woman” — A Survivor’s Eulogy
The Barefoot Woman is lyrical but also informative and ethnographic, as much a memoir of a mother as it is of her way of life.
Concert Review: Handel & Haydn’s “The Messiah”
I was excited, moved, impressed, and surprised by Handel & Haydn Society’s performance of The Messiah under the exacting baton of Bernard Labadie.
Opera Review: BLO’s “The Barber of Seville” — An Exhilarating Triumph
Every performance of opera should leave an audience so exhilarated.
Book Review: “A Life of My Own” — Reserved to a Fault
Claire Tomalin narrates her story with a prototypically English stiff upper lip, and a reticence about the personal.