Qui Nguyen Is Telling the Story of Asian America
How ‘Vietgone’ and ‘Poor Yella Rednecks’ subverts the Asian-as-foreigner trope to tell a distinctly American story.
Category Archives: Opinion
The Gender Problem ‘Tootsie’ Can’t Dress Up
The new musical’s creators think they’ve upended the material’s sexist tropes; apparently they don’t see that ‘man in a dress’ jokes are inherently transphobic.
Incidents in the Life of a 21st-Century Black Boy as Written by Himself
When memory fails, writing can recall, awaken, and even liberate.
All the Single Bobbies
What does Sondheim’s newest heroine have to say about his body of work, and about women today?
5, 6, 7, 8 Takeaways From ‘Fosse/Verdon’
Spoiler: The new bio-musical series isn’t just great TV, it also makes a case for more inclusive storytelling.
How Becoming HIV+ Turned Me Into a Playwright
It took the worst news and deepest doubts of my life to lead me to my voice and my subject: exploring Black queer love.
‘True West’: Sam Shepard’s Super Smash Brothers
In a Roundabout revival of the nearly 40-year-old play, it holds up as a withering portrait of the myths and traps of American masculinity.
Why Comedy Is Eating Theatre’s Lunch
Audiences are eager to laugh at everything from pratfalls to political commentary, and these days they’re doing it everywhere but at the theatre.
Festival Roundup Part Deux: Not Our First Rodeo
It wasn’t quite the season of our discontent, but this year’s January festivals felt a bit less binge-able than usual, despite the high points.
Free to Be: A Diary From Women’s Prison
What am I learning while doing time, apart from mopping the gym? I’m getting to know people in transition.
