Karel Čapek
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Read More about February Short Fuses — Materia CriticaRecent Posts
Theater Review: Legacy Turns Toxic in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Purpose”
September 21, 2026
Film Review: “Resident Evil” – Comedy Contagion
September 21, 2026
Visual Arts Review: Arthur Jafa’s Images of America on Fire
September 21, 2026
Theater Interview: Paula Plum Finds Eleanor Roosevelt’s Indomitable Voice
September 20, 2026
Popular Posts
Categories
Archives
Recent Comments
- D Longhurst on Concert Review: Rush Returns with a New Drummer, Old Fire, and Renewed Purpose
- Billie Pulera on Concert Review: Rush Returns with a New Drummer, Old Fire, and Renewed Purpose
- Peter Hanna on Concert Review: Rush Returns with a New Drummer, Old Fire, and Renewed Purpose
- Joseph Leoce on Book Review: “Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story” – Renaissance Guitar Man
- Helen Epstein on Arts Commentary: Trump’s War on the Kennedy Center Is a War on Culture Itself
Arts Commentary: Pestilence on Stage, Part One — Karel Čapek’s”The White Plague”
The White Plague uses dread to shock us into empathy for ourselves, to be alarmed by the fragility of our bodies as well as the resources and ethics of the medical system.
Read More about Arts Commentary: Pestilence on Stage, Part One — Karel Čapek’s”The White Plague”