The Last Minstrel Show?
Telling the tragic tale of ‘The Scottsboro Boys’ with happy-go-lucky minstrelsy may show audacity, but it lacks empathy.
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Telling the tragic tale of ‘The Scottsboro Boys’ with happy-go-lucky minstrelsy may show audacity, but it lacks empathy.
With a spate of new plays depicting the newest revolution in marriage rights, playwrights and producers ponder their role in the drama.
With ‘After the Revolution,’ ‘4000 Miles’ and ‘Belleville,’ this young, Yale-educated playwright shows equal parts ambition and nuance, teeth and sympathy.
A chat with the busy actor, now appearing in Beth Henley’s ‘The Jacksonian’ at the Geffen Playhouse.