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Rob Weinert-Kendt, an arts journalist and editor of American Theatre magazine, has written for The New York Times and Time Out New York. He writes a blog called The Wicked Stage.
Joshua Caleb Johnson and Ethan Hawke in “The Good Lord Bird” on Showtime. (CNS photo/William Gray, Showtime)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Rob Weinert-Kendt
‘The Good Lord Bird’ runs straight to the heart of America’s most toxic contradictions.
Madison Cunningham (photo: Claire Marie Vogel)
Arts & CultureMusic
Rob Weinert-Kendt
The singer-songwriter is light years away from the praise music she grew up playing with her dad.
Fiona Apple in 2015 (Wikimedia Commons/Sachyn Mital)
Arts & CultureMusic
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Apple’s new album feels like a sustained performance, dense with emotion and observation.
Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman in ‘Better Call Saul’ (photo: AMC)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Rob Weinert-Kendt
For a few remarkable seasons, AMC’s “Better Call Saul” seemed not only as good as its predecessor, but in some ways arguably better.
John Turturro plays Rabbi Bengelsdorf in the HBO adaptation of ‘The Plot Against America’ (photo: HBO)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Reality may have caught up to Philip Roth’s imagination.
In ‘Dana H.,’ Deirdre O’Connell lip-syncs to a recorded account of Dana Higginbotham’s abduction by a disturbed client some 25 years ago (photo: Carol Rosegg).
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Dana Higginbotham is the subject of an extraordinary new play by her son, Lucas Hnath.
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
The show's extreme makeover casts something of a spell but it comes off more and more like a self-serious period piece with some kicking tunes.
Jyuddah James, Rose Williams and Crystal Clarke in ‘Sanditon’ (photo: PBS)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Series creator Andrew Davies has made explicit much of what is implicit in English novels of the period, including matters of sex and race.
Ken Jennings’s “The Gospel of John” is now onstage at New York City’s Sheen Center through Dec. 29. (photo: Maria Baranova)
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Ken Jennings’s “The Gospel of John” is now onstage at New York City’s Sheen Center through Dec. 29.
Elizabeth Canavan, Patrice Johnson Chevannes, Kara Young and Benja Kay Thomas in “Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven” (photo: Monique Carboni).
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
The author of the play “Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven” says prayer may be his most valuable writing hack.