Beautiful Non-Violent Anarchist Revolution, Where Are You?
Thoughts on reading the vibrant diaries of Living Theatre pioneer Judith Malina, whose passion for observation and commentary vied with her theatrical impulses.
Category Archives: Book Reviews
Sorry-Grateful: 2 New Books Show the Many Sides of Sondheim
Daniel Okrent’s biography seeks the composer/lyricist’s motivation and finds complication and nuance, while Barry Joseph’s book asks what Sondheim’s games and puzzles can tell us about him.
From ‘Bent’ to ‘Rent’: How 2 Theatre Kids Found Their Way
New memoirs from playwright Martin Sherman and producer Jeffrey Seller recount their bumpy but determined journeys to lives in the theatre.
We Can Work It Out
Two new books lift the voices of designers and production workers on their art and their labor.
Left by the Roadside: A Theatre Legacy Considered, and Reconsidered
2 new volumes by and about a pioneering Appalachian company celebrate decades of work, though they also deserve scrutiny.
Zelda Fichandler: Print the Legend
2 new books show and tell the instructive story of Arena’s path-breaking co-founder, Zelda Fichandler—both the work she did and the work she left for us to continue.
Burning Down the Spouse
A new book looks at the marriages of convenience—and backstage inconveniences—behind the filming of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’
The Theatre of Politics, or the Politics of Theatre? Yes.
Two new books consider the possibilities and limits of documentary theatre in a polarized nation.
Reading Race Through Shakespeare, and Vice Versa
Two books come not to bury the Bard but to bring his writing down to the common ground we share.
Can a Theatre Critic Be a Good Dad?
Priscilla Gilman’s memoir portrays her father, Richard Gilman, as a passionate, difficult figure who bequeathed her life lessons, many unwittingly.
