Voices
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.
Arts & CultureTheater
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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Like all the best historical narratives, “Oslo” shows the intense fragility and contingency of human affairs
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"Sweat" tells the story of steelworkers whose long friendship unravels as their livelihood is threatened by free trade and immigration.
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A good Sondheim show has the sinewy strength, both musically and dramatically, to thrive in the barest of renderings.
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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.
Arts & CultureFilm
Is the form that defined mid-century American songcraft condemned to sputter along on the fumes of jukebox musicals and high-gloss family fare?
Arts & CultureTheater
How the theater helps us to survive, and to challenge, politics
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That is, if the promise of the New Testament is to be true that we might transcend our thorniest divisions.
Theater
It is hard to imagine two more different writers or plays, but these two new stagings offer instructive contrasts.
Theater
In two new productions intimate transgressions have world-shattering consequences