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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.
Beth Malone and Andrew Garfield in ‘Perestroika,’ part 2 of ‘Angels in America’ (photo: Brinkhoff Mögenburg) 
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Rob Weinert-Kendt
Tony Kushner’s two-part play feels both timely and timeless.
Photo of Arthur Miller courtesy HBO
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Rob Weinert-Kendt
Rebecca Miller has made a film that pays complicated tribute to a complex man.
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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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.
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
"Sweat" by Lynn Nottage won this year's Pulitzer Prize for Drama (photo: Joan Marcus).
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Rob Weinert-Kendt
"Sweat" tells the story of steelworkers whose long friendship unravels as their livelihood is threatened by free trade and immigration.
Jake Gyllenhaal in "Sunday in the Park with George" (photo: Matthew Murphy)
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Rob Weinert-Kendt
A good Sondheim show has the sinewy strength, both musically and dramatically, to thrive in the barest of renderings.
The cast of "Jitney" at Manhattan Theatre Club (photo: Joan Marcus)
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Rob Weinert-Kendt
Since he died in 2005, Wilson's stature has only increased, with his name regularly appearing on annual lists of the nation’s most-produced playwrights.