Dallas’s Latinidades Was More Than a Festival
This celebration of community stretched over weeks and connected Latine and Latin American performance.
Category Archives: Critic’s Notebook
Borne Back Ceaselessly Into ‘The Great Gatsby’
With so many adaptations, including the return of Elevator Repair Service’s ‘GATZ,’ are artists reinventing a classic—or destined to repeat the errors of the past?
Picturing Theatre: Looking Through Iconic Photographs
Two exhibits on view at the New York Public Library invite visitors to look both at and through stunning theatre photographs from Joan Marcus, Carol Rosegg, and Friedman-Abeles.
Holding the Mirror Up to Russia
A spate of new productions and adaptations explore the geopolitical and theatrical legacies of an empire in decline.
‘Tommy,’ Can You Hear Me? I’m Not Gonna Take It
From its casting to its staging, the acclaimed new Broadway revival of the iconic rock musical misses opportunities to engage with, and subvert, harmful tropes around Deafness and disability.
How ‘Days of Wine’ and ‘White Chip’ Stage Alcoholism and Recovery
2 shows currently running in New York mix unique strengths with some predictable tropes about ‘rock bottom’ and recovery.
NYC’s January Festivals: Not Dead Yet
With Under the Radar bouncing back and Prototype and Exponential still going strong, it was challenging, surprising festival season all over again.
The New ‘Real Women’ Musical Has Curves, But How About Complexity?
This enduring mother-daughter story about undocumented Latina immigrants has been turned into a celebratory crowd pleaser, for better and worse.
Big Feelings and Big Musicals in Seoul
A recent visit to Korea demonstrated that musical theatre can offer emotional and visual journeys beyond language, though not every choice translates well.
Sondheim the Cinephile: How Film Shaped His Work
From Bernard Herrmann to Luis Buñuel, filmic influences found their way into his musicals’ form and content, up to and including his final show, ‘Here We Are.’
