The strategic silences in the Boston Globe’s piece on the legacy of Israel Horovitz are disturbing.
Sexual Harassment
Theater Commentary: Horovitz and Sexual Harassment — Why Did it Take Over 20 Years?
Does anyone really believe that there is no sexual harassment going on in Boston area theater companies today?
Theater Commentary: Twenty Years Ago — Stonewalling Charges of Sexual Harassment
These articles dramatize, sadly, who was listened to and who wasn’t when sexual allegations were made against playwright Israel Horovitz in the early ’90s.
By Request: Out of the Past — Sexual Harassment, Trouble at the Gloucester Stage Company
Let us hope that today’s revelations will be taken more seriously than charges of sexual harassment and assault were back in 1993.