Lynn Nottage Unveils Plot against U.S. Workers by Barry David Horwitz Has anyone forgotten what we learned in 2016? Have we figured out yet why mid-western factory workers went for you know who—after voting for Bernie in the Michigan primary? Lynn Nottage’s great Pulitzer Prize winning play, “Sweat,” has pointed out the problems we…
Millennial Notes Elizabeth Carter Creates A Female-Centric World by Abby Tozer With a woman in the title role and three bi-racial daughters vying for the throne, Director Elizabeth Carter’s “King Lear” progressively challenges Shakespeare’s roles. Animating a remote cast of 13 actors, Carter carves a new path for virtual theater, putting live actors in…
Sondheim Songs Pit Painter’s Life vs. Art Biz by Robert M. Gardner Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize winning musical “Sunday in the Park with George” offers insights into Georges Seurat’s famous room-size painting of Parisians in the park. At the end, Seurat’s fictional great-grandson, a modern artist, explains, “White. A blank page—or canvas. So many…
Millennial Notes Anna Deavere Smith Amplifies Protestors’ Voices by Abby Tozer The sweet sound of gospel voices resonates on our screens as Pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant, brilliantly re-created by Anna Deavere Smith, takes the podium. He asks his fellow worshippers to “give God a hand clap of praise” for those who have died at…