Thinking About Writing About Thinking About New Plays
Or, how visual arts audiences got comfortable with radical innovation, while theatre audiences didn’t.
All Stories About Criticism
A Critic’s Summit
An interview with Robert Brustein and Frank Rich.
The Taper’s Trojan Horse
Jack Viertel goes from daily critic to in-house dramaturg at L.A.’s flagship theatre.
The Critic as Puck
Jan Kott writes about the exchange between life and drama so artfully that it sometimes appears that history and literature have performed his critical tasks for him.
All Over the Map
The pleasures of both Stanley Kauffman’s ‘Theatre Criticisms’ and Bonnie Marranca’s ‘Theatre Writings.’
Threadbare Dreams
A new collection of criticism ranges from infuriating to perceptive, banal to brilliant.
Trial By Jury: Critics on the Stand?
Imagining a courtroom argument against, and a case for, fair and honest criticism.
