"I like projects that come to an end. That's probably why I can't see myself running a theater company because it perpetually goes on forever."
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Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Our Man in Santiago’ by Mark Wilding
Not everything is as it seems in this comic spy thriller about the CIA and the overthrow of Chilean president Salvador Allende in 1973.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Walt Disney Faces the Animators’ Strike of 1941 in ‘Burbank’ by Cameron Darwin Bossert
The play acutely dramatizes the strike using only three characters, and suggests parallels with our age that go beyond the current resurgence of union organizing.
Read More »Theater Review (Broadway): ‘The Kite Runner’
A stage adaptation of the Khaled Hosseini bestseller is flawed but earnest, moving and relevant.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): The Fire This Time Festival 2022
Six incisive short plays explore the varied range of backgrounds and identities that form the Black experience in the U.S.
Read More »Theater Interview: Rafael Jordan from ‘King Lear’ at The Wallis
Rafael Jordan discusses bringing Shakespeare's 'King Lear' into a dystopian future created by climate disasters.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Misanthrope’ from Molière in the Park
A crack cast brings fresh life to the 17th-century classic, outdoors and in-the-round in Prospect Park.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Masks Can’t Mask Love in ‘André & Dorine’
In André & Dorine masked actors tell a story of dementia in a brilliantly original way: without dialogue. There’s something painfully appropriate about using a wordless and facial expression-free medium to depict the decline of a mind. Presented by Kulunka Teatro, a company from the Basque country of Spain, the …
Read More »Theatre Interview: Belinda Lang, Director, ‘The Children’ at Salisbury Playhouse
"The play asks a lot of questions about the way we live now."
Read More »Theatre Interview: Tonderai Munyevu, ‘Mugabe, My Dad & Me’
"I was really compelled to write this story and speak from the heart," said actor and writer Tonderai Munyevu about his play, which is currently on tour in the UK.
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