What a Girl Wants
‘The Wolves,’ ‘Dance Nation,’ and ‘School Girls,’ all by young female playwrights, show girlhood in all of its complexity and ferocity.
Category Archives: Critic’s Notebook
High Noon for Democracy in ‘Ameryka’
What do Polish and U.S. history have in common? Nancy Keystone’s beguiling new mash-up makes the connections.
Women Ran the Table at the 2018 Humana Festival
At the 42nd Humana Festival of New American Plays, the Kilroys and Anne Bogart spoke, Lauren Gunderson got a prize, and a majority female-authored program commanded the stage.
Ibsen, Our Contemporary
What gives this 19th-century Norwegian’s plays their lasting power? ‘Power’ is the operative word.
‘Girl From the North Country’: How Does It Feel?
Conor McPherson, handed Bob Dylan’s complete song catalogue, no strings attached, brings it all back home.
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.
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?
