Posts
“I was/am struck by the women in The How and the Why. I hadn’t seen them onstage before. Nor had I quite heard from them before.”
Patrick Dougherty’s Stickwork is a remarkable piece of public art.
Author Vivian Gornick’s discontent is foundational, fertile, unquenchable, except by writing, and quite often funny.
Rarely are Boston’s stages graced with a Shakespeare production that reaches this high a level of accomplishment.
Part of the maturity of Davey McGravy is how, though each poem has its own shape, each is a necessary part of the whole.
The performers must be so deeply invested in what they are doing that we are caught up in the narrative as its cobwebs are brushed away.
“Yes, America might have been a nation of Christians, but that was different from being formally a Christian nation.”
What happens when someone performs at the highest possible level of an art form and then has to give it up?
Anne Meara left a deep impression on all she came into contact with.
TV Commentary: A Fan’s Meditations on the Finale of “Mad Men”
People bonded with the product Mad Men was selling, but what were they falling for?
Read More about TV Commentary: A Fan’s Meditations on the Finale of “Mad Men”