It is no longer enough for a playwright to go into the belly of the ‘beast’ and pray for help.
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Theater Review: “appropriate” — Southern Gothic, Entertainingly Deconstructed
In appropriate, a talented young playwright turns mischievous literary homage into a work of exhilarating entertainment.
Book Review: “Half an Inch of Water” — Nine Stories that Peer Memorably into Eternity
One of the hardest things to do as a writer of contemporary fiction is to create characters who are good.
Movie Review: “Dope” — A Liberating Coming-of-Age Film
The impish comedy and refreshingly realistic perspective of Dope questions easy answers to pressing racial problems.
Fuse Theater Review: “Intimate Apparel” — An Affecting Vision of Constriction
The Lyric Stage is presenting a moving production of Lynn Nottage’s cautionary tale about strength of character tragically misdirected.
Film Review: “No No: A Dockumentary” — Could Use a Touch of Madness
No No: A Dockumentary presents a textured portrait, on and off the field, of ’70s pitching phenomenon Dock Ellis.
Book Review: “The Good Lord Bird” — History As a Morality Tale, With Wings
There is more than one way to tell the truth, “The Good Lord Bird” reminds us again and again, and many reasons to cloak it in humor.
Visual Arts Review: At the MFA — Bruce Davidson’s Dramatic Vision of ’60s Harlem
Despite the show’s darkness, “East 100th Street”‘s exploration of Harlem in the ’60s is in many ways a testament to the endurance of love.
Theater Review: Freedom for “The Whipping Man”
An unusual and powerful historical drama that looks at the troubled relationship between Jews and freed slaves at the end of The Civil War.
Fuse Theater Review: Death Be Not Sappy
William King is a loving, self-sacrificing, salt-of-the-earth character mooning over the vanished past; Sonia is a saintly wife yearning for hubby to join her in Heaven; the sons care for each other and for their father—time to pull out your hankies. Broke-ology by Nathan Louis Jackson. Directed by Benny Sato Ambush. Staged by the Lyric […]
