Donald Margulies

Theater Review: “Lunar Eclipse” — Stepping into the Light

September 28, 2023

Dramatist Donald Margulies seems to be putting his hand on the heart of the heartland — as well as taking the pulse of a pair of aging boomers. Read More

Theater Review: “Time Stands Still” — After Trauma

September 25, 2019

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In this seemingly modest, but beautifully constructed and deeply moving play, Donald Margulies has tackled some of the thorniest questions of our time.

Film Review: “The End of the Tour” — David Foster Wallace Done Right

August 13, 2015

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The End of the Tour don’t remain a hall of mirrors but become a bridge that conveys its subject’s honest, painful humanity.

Theater Review: “Time Stands Still” — A Too Distant Echo of the War in Iraq

February 25, 2012

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When young photographers went up to the famous war photographer, Robert Capa, and asked him what they could do to make their pictures more gripping, he said: “Go closer!”

Coming Attractions in Theater: November 2009

November 1, 2009

Posted in Books, Coming Attractions, Featured, Theater

By Bill Marx Somewhere an enterprising graduate student is working on a trenchant study of the correlation between holiday stage entertainment and the American economy. When things were looking bright and profitable the shows became cynical and comic, with mischievous elves placing whoopee cushions under our delusions of good cheer. Now that unemployment is high…