Black Second-Act Problems: “Black No More” by The New Group
In my time as a critic I’ve noticed on numerous occasions that musicals rooted in political...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 15th Jun 2022 | Musical Theatre, Review, Theatre and Decolonization, United States of America
In my time as a critic I’ve noticed on numerous occasions that musicals rooted in political...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 9th Mar 2019 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America
The English author Samuel Butler once quipped grimly that the death of a father was “a new lease...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 6th Mar 2017 | New York, Review, Theatre and Politics, United States of America
Is it a good or bad thing for a dyed-in-the-wool dystopian like Wallace Shawn when real life...
Read MorePosted by Jessica Rizzo | 16th Feb 2017 | New York, Review, United States of America
As goes the theater, so goes civilization. In Wallace Shawn’s Evening at the Talk House the demise...
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