Blank & Jensen Portray Health Workers’ Humanity by Patricia L. Morin “The Line” is a heartache to watch. This beautifully crafted docu-drama by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen focuses on individual actors, in a confessional-style frame, who play real-life Covid health workers. Blank and Jensen interviewed seven First Responders working in New York City…
Holland Taylor Resurrects Ann Richards, A Political Giant by Jennifer Ann Charron The weirder the 21st Century gets, the more the late 20th Century seems a million miles away. I find this true with just about everything, but never more shocking in the world of politics. I’ll save the chilling discussion of the rise…
Dominique Morisseau Exposes Race, Class Bias in Schools by Patricia L. Morin Dominique Morisseau’s “Pipeline”—based on the School-to-Prison Pipeline for students of color—profiles a divorced mom’s struggle with the expectation her son will end up in prison, like so many urban Black teens. On Lincoln Center’s small stage, Director Lileana Blain-Cruz uses Matt Sanders’…
Michael Gene Sullivan & Merry Pranksters Ridicule Police Wars by Barry David Horwitz In 2015, the San Francisco Mime Troupe celebrated its 56th Season offering Free Agit-Prop political theater all summer long. On Independence Day Weekend, they knocked it out of Dolores Park for hundreds of happy, laughing picnickers. Now, the Mime Troupe is…