Onstage This Week: Feb. 2-9
Historical figures are one theme this week—there are plays about W.E.B. DuBois, Lewis Carroll and Mae West—as is a pronounced emphasis on revivals, both of classics and of significant plays of more recent vintage.
Yearly Archives: 2015
The Genius of O’Neill
He wrote his best play last, but it’s a mistake to think of the rest of the playwright’s thorny, ambitious, stammeringly poetic work as simply a warmup for ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night.’
Know a Theatre: 16th Street Theater of Berwyn, Ill.
This 49-seat venue in a small suburb west of Chicago serves its neighborhood with new plays at neighborly ticket prices.
This Month in Theatre History
From Elaine Stritch’s birth to Arthur Miller’s death, here are some notable dates in February.
Editor’s Note for Feb. 2015
Love the issue you’re with.
Executive Letter for Feb. 2015: L’art pour l’art
As the field faces the uncertain future, might ensemble theatres—with their mix of continuity and adaptability, and their focus on the artistic mission—point the way forward?
A Wooster Group Sing-Along With ‘Early Shaker Spirituals’
The reeling ecstasy of the troupe’s new “record album interpretation” comes via the most straightforward means imaginable.
The Cruel Humanity and Danger of ‘Social Security’
Christina Masciotti’s uneasily naturalistic play depicts a factory worker fallen on hard times and caught between two contrasting neighbors.
The Bourgie Pecking Order Breaks Down in ‘Barbecue Apocalypse’
Matt Lyle’s wild comedy, inspired by a mild real-life social humiliation, throws self-judgment and invidious class comparison on the grill next to the road kill.
5 Books Tell Broadway Tales, Some Fresh and Some Stale
Several books tell the rich history of New York’s commercial theatre district from a variety of angles. What about its future?
