Power to the Actor
Great actors in the full sway of their passions are likely to be more persuasive conduits to the interior of plays than the arbitrary, decorative conceptions of postmodernist directors.
Category Archives: Opinion
Miller and Hare in less than top form.
Reviews of London productions of ‘The Ride Down Mt. Morgan’ and ‘Murmuring Judges.’
A Pinter Puzzle Still Unsolved
Can you go ‘Homecoming’ again?
6 Humana Plays Take the Woman’s-Eye View
In play after play at this year’s festival, men fashioned the yokes and women looked for room to move.
Theatre on the Couch
In an America obsessed with personal health, the theatre fosters addictive behavior.
The Post-Play Discussion Fallacy
The vision of the artist cannot be subject to audience complaints or to a majority vote.
TKO in Louisville
You write a play, you take your chances.
Becoming a Playwright
A look back.
Developed to Death
Our writers should be grappling with the limits of production, not of development.
American Theatre: For Whites Only?
A reprint of a seminal 1966 essay that led to the founding of the Negro Ensemble Company.
