The Complicated Triumph of ‘Here Lies Love’
David Byrne’s Broadway musical is a breakthrough for Filipino American performers, but at what cost to the historical truths it dances around?
Category Archives: Opinion
Book-It’s Abrupt Ending, and Why Seattle Is Poorer for It
After 3 decades staging literature in innovative and increasingly ambitious ways, the company closed suddenly last month, leaving a bewildering loss.
Tony Nominators: You Missed a Step in Ignoring ‘Dancin’’
The show’s producer makes the case for recognizing non-traditional forms—including dance-driven, non-narrative shows like this—on Broadway.
Searching Opportunities
The process of finding and hiring new leaders could be the ideal chance for organizations to make fundamental and positive change—if only we would seize it.
Projected Back in Time as ‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ Returns
A former projectionist recalls 3 memorable weeks in the mezzanine on the show’s Boston tour stop back in 1979.
Combing: A Recollection of Working With Adrian Hall
Somehow the late, great director could work on my play—and give it exactly what it needed—even while occupied with countless other thoughts and projects.
Film Noir as a Key to Adrienne Kennedy’s Style
The director of the world premiere of ‘Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side’ shares what unlocked this haunting play for him and the creative team.
Could It Happen Here? How U.S. and U.K. Plays Are Staging Antisemitism’s Resurgence
Over the past year, no fewer than 10 shows on both sides of the Atlantic have addressed the historical rise of Nazism and/or the troubling resurfacing of antisemitism.
Is the Musical Progressive?
For all its faults, the form (and its fans) can’t help but stand up and sing for the underdog, for the awakened conscience, for moments of joyful liberation.
NY’s January Festivals: Reunited, and It Feels So Different
Under the Radar, Exponential, and Prototype at last returned in person this year, and the pickings were as unexpected and various as ever.
