Full disclosure: I am not a fan of the shows of playwright Peter Lefcourt and director Terri Hanauer.
Their prior productions, such as The Assassination of Leon Trotsky: A Comedy and Café Society, have struck me as style blatantly masquerading as substance, with more money than
Is anyone still criticizing quarterback Colin Kaepernick for kneeling during the national anthem? “Some people say” that his actions are not a protest but disrespect for the American flag. I’ll tell you my view of disrespect for the flag: police killing unarmed citizens. Now that
It was rather fitting that on the night of the first presidential debate I found myself sitting in the audience, lean as it was, for The Echo Theater Company’s staging of Mary Laws’ Blueberry Toast.
Like The China Syndrome—the 1979 Jane Fonda thriller about corruption and
In Part I, we celebrated two dazzling effects of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s landmark musical Hamilton: with his theatrical retelling of our founding era, he has managed to make American history 1) hot-blooded and 2) cool – at the same time!
A third jewel in Mr. Miranda’s crown