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FaithFaith in Focus
Valerie Schultz
Good theater draws us into its few hours of seeming reality, but it is most effective when it speaks to our lived reality.
Chris Lee and Maleah Joi Moon in the premiere of “Hell’s Kitchen,” a new musical with music and lyrics by Alicia Keys at the Public Theater (photo: Joan Marcus).
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Three new Off-Broadway shows don’t just show us what draws musicians to their chosen medium; they make us hear it, with often bracing effect.
David Hyde Pierce in “Here We Are” (photo: Emilio Madrid)
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Sondheim has left the building, and he lives on only in interpretation and iteration, no less than Shakespeare or Mozart.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
John J. Conley, S.J.
I was saddened but not surprised by the pro-abortion position of the dramatists guild.
Arts & CultureBooks
Rob Weinert-Kendt
In 'August Wilson: A Life,' an excellent new biography by Patti Hartigan, we read of the winding path that led Wilson to his ascendance, then delves into the tumults and triumphs of his two decades at the heights of achievement.
Leslie Odom, Jr. and Kara Young in ‘Purlie Victorious’ (photo: Marc J. Franklin)
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Can I get an amen?