Beyond Whiteness: A January Festival Wrap-Up
What I saw when I chose to focus on artists of color at Under the Radar, COIL, et al.
Category Archives: Critic’s Notebook
Why ‘Our Town’ Springs Eternal, but Especially Now
Thornton Wilder’s 80-year-old play offers something more than comforting nostalgia in a troubled American moment.
A Critics Bestiary
There may be as many kinds of writers about theatre as there are kinds of theatre. Here’s a handy guide.
Family Troubles and Hostile Takeovers in London
New plays from Jez Butterworth, James Graham, and Lucy Kirkwood throw its characters and their values into sharp relief and thrilling conflict.
How to Make Relevant Theatre in 2017: Lessons From Philly Fringe
Theatre is reflecting our world back at us. But are we feeling it?
Body, Ritual, Time: Impressions From Portland’s TBA
Over 10 days of performance art, lines between performer and audience blurred, then disappeared altogether.
He Said, He Said, She Said: A Tale of 3 Hamlets
What a piece of work is ‘Hamlet,’ as sampled in London, New York, and Colorado.
Politics, Playmaking Collide at the Edinburgh Fringe
A dispatch from this year’s record-breaking festival, where 3,000 shows competed for theatregoers’ attention.
Our Reflection Talks Back
In the digital post-truth era; theatre of the real doesn’t just dramatize change—in some case it embodies it.
14 Lessons in 14 Days at the National Critics Institute
What I learned at the O’Neill Theater Center’s annual July boot camp for arts journalists.
