Athol Fugard, the South African playwright, is back telling stories shaped by his country’s tormented racial history. His new play will have its premiere at a theater named in his honor.
“The Demons,” a 12-hour production of a grim Dostoyevsky novel that will be performed only twice, may be the must-see show of the New York theater season.
While Jonathan Reynolds’s assault on assumptions about the right to choose abortion is likely too crude to make theatergoers re-evaluate their positions, it did make me reconsider my view of political theater.
In interviews after last night's show, many people, black and white, said that while disturbing at times, the play's trafficking in racial stereotypes proved an unexpectedly emotional theatrical experience.
While “Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers” offers a cogent, informative peek into a historic chapter in 20th-century journalism, as an evening of theater it is static.
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