Linda Ayres-Frederick Unwinds Immigrant Woes by Barry David Horwitz “The Unveiling” does a convincing and realistic job of getting across what a new immigrant in America must feel like. Once we are in the small apartment in post-WWII Brooklyn, we feel right at home with Linda Ayres-Frederick’s Rabinovitz family. In the ghetto, the Rabinovitz…
Thomas Bradshaw’s Jaded Jefferson Exploits Slave Girl by Barry David Horwitz Thomas Bradshaw has stirred up a hornet’s nest. In “Thomas and Sally,” he is messing with Thomas Jefferson, and his long term sexual domination of his slave, Sally Hemings. In the play, Jefferson begins an “affair” with Hemings while he is Ambassador to…
Harrison David Rivers Evokes Lyrical Love & Loss by Barry David Horwitz At last a play that treats gay lovers like other lovers, exposing their virtues and faults. In “This Bitter Earth,” Jesse and Nick share love, debate issues, and conquer fear. “This Bitter Earth” puts a Black writer and his activist lover front…
John Douglas Thompson Occupies Elsinore, Poetically by Barry David Horwitz Hamlet presents a huge challenge to actors, directors, and designers: Shall we go with the full text? Shall we use modern costumes? Should Hamlet be a confused adolescent or a philosopher? Does Hamlet have a plan? Does he love Ophelia? All these questions loom…