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'I Can Get it For You Wholesale' reminds us of the toxicity of materialism and the hypocrisy of religious prosperity messages that exclude humanity and neighborly love and decency.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’ Starring Raúl Esparza at CSC
Esparza's weak-minded, Trumpian, whining criminal with mannerisms like Hitler's brings humor and reality to a role often played as a caricature. His Ui is inimically real and dimensional.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui’ by Bertolt Brecht at Classic Stage
Rarely does a Bertolt Brecht revival have the integrity and fevered energy of 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui' at Classic Stage, starring 'SVU''s Raúl Esparza.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Nathan the Wise’ with F. Murray Abraham and Stark Sands
With a uniformly excellent cast, this bracing version of Gotthold Lessing's German Enlightenment play hits home with its then (and still) controversial view of religion: that no faith has the uniquely true message of God.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): Chris Noth and Zach Grenier in Christopher Marlowe’s ‘Doctor Faustus’
Classic Stage Company's new adaptation stars two actors best known for their TV roles, and tells Marlowe's story of a deal with the devil with gravitas along with plenty of humor both low and high.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Allegro’ at Classic Stage Company
A new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1947 Broadway flop suggests that Hammerstein's talent was not only innovative but even more forward-thinking than he himself and those around him might have realized.
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