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Roslyn Ruff and Jimonn Cole in ‘X: Or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation’ (photo: T. Charles Erickson)
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Rob Weinert-Kendt
But was the civil rights leader Brutus or Caesar?
A scene from “Junk” (photo: Lincoln Center Theater)
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Rob Weinert-Kendt
Three plays invite us to look back on the decade that launched Trump as a time of churning ambivalence and upheaval.
Sam Shepard poses for a portrait in New York, Sept. 2011 (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
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Rob Weinert-Kendt
While Shepard's plays would absorb different rhythms and influences, their essence and voice were unmistakably his—our—own.
Oscar Isaacs as Hamlet (photo: The Public Theatre)
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Rob Weinert-Kendt
In a bewildering new staging at The Public Theater, Oscar Isaac is giving a rich, riveting lead turn as the dubious Danish prince.
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Margot Patterson
If the Greeks had Antigone, Americans have Dorothy Day.
Daniel Oreskes, Michael Aronov, and Anthony Azizi (foreground) with Daniel Jenkins and Jeb Kreager (background). Photo by T. Charles Erickson
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Rob Weinert-Kendt
Like all the best historical narratives, “Oslo” shows the intense fragility and contingency of human affairs