Theater
“Theater producers do not want to make their audience members uncomfortable and talking about race makes folks uncomfortable.”
Dramatist Katori Hall’s narrative unfolds with few surprises: every revelation, every secret, every comeuppance is foreshadowed.
Casa Valentina’s dramatic weight comes from how skillfully the cast explores the tensions that swirl about the subject of who is gay, who is straight, and what is legal.
David Ireland’s use of coded sectarian language helps him paint a vivid picture of the Belfast his characters call home.
It is hard to figure out just what playwright Winnie Holzman is up to in Choice: is this a supernatural sit-com?
A Measure of Normalcy pays more attention to its many themes than its characterizations..
Despite the dazzling rewards of this virtuoso Underground Railway Theater production, Copenhagen short circuits its central theme.
The Library of America has done its part to applaud Arthur Miller’s 100th birthday with a handsome 3-volume set of his plays.

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