I Am Miss Saigon, and I Hate It
It’s not just that the hit musical doesn’t tell my family’s story. It’s that it perpetuates a narrative in which the Vietnamese are victims, not fighters.
Category Archives: Opinion
New Black Fest: The Revolution May Be Theatricalized
Play reading festivals come and go, but there was something electric and urgent about this year, the fest’s 7th.
How One Song Changed the Arc of ‘Great Comet’
More than just a nice showcase for Josh Groban, ‘Dust and Ashes’ makes the non-linearity of mental illness dramatically compelling.
Guides for Survival in the Trump Simulacrum
When the familiar seems strange and vice versa, writers who have grasped that dichotomy seem all the more necessary.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner in ‘A Moveable Feast’?
The Book-It Repertory Theatre adaptation of the Hemingway classic takes audiences on a Parisian tour.
Raising the Bar at the Colorado New Play Summit
Denver Center’s annual new-play festival, now in its 12th year, shows writers in dialogue with the moment.
Notes on Shakespeare 400: Too Much of a Bard Thing
Barbara Gaines’s Chicago Shakespeare Theater staged an ambitious yearlong program in 2016. I tried to match that ambition as an attendee, with mixed success.
Four Decades Later, ‘Zoot Suit’ Still Fits
It’s sobering that Luis Valdez’s stirring Chicano protest musical is freshly relevant, but there’s nothing somber about its vibrant new staging.
Two States, Sure, but How About a Six-Play Solution?
Why Silk Road Rising is embarking on a reading series about Israel-Palestine.
Is Your Theatre Focused on Social Justice? Time to Step Up
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