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Alisa Solomon
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Alisa Solomon, director of the Arts & Culture concentration at the Columbia Journalism School, is the author of Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of “Fiddler on the Roof.”
Along with opportunity, recent revivals of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play An Enemy of the People bring much risk.
A certain critical consternation awaited the current productions of My Fair Lady and Carousel —and with good reason.
We’ve seen a flood of retrospective projects about AIDS—from books to dance to architecture and art. But who is being remembered? And why?
January 19, 2017
The lost sense of hope and idealism in David Hare’s England.
In J.T. Rogers’s new play, the process of negotiating the Oslo Accords is the only concern; how well they turned out is rendered irrelevant.
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A new form of critical drama comes to Broadway, remaking brave claims for the confident expression of degraded peoples.
Why is Arthur Miller one of the most lauded American playwrights—and one of the most vilified?
What can Chile’s Santiago a Mil festival tell us about the country?
The second season is even better—more expansive, textured, and emotional—than the first.
At its best, the Japanese-internment musical Allegiance seethes with righteous anger beneath its perkiness and platitudes.
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