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Theater August 3, 2016
According to ‘Oslo’
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.
Alisa Solomon
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Theater June 15, 2016
More Repossession Than Revival
A new form of critical drama comes to Broadway, remaking brave claims for the confident expression of degraded peoples.
Alisa Solomon
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Theater April 20, 2016
How to Succeed on Broadway!
Why is Arthur Miller one of the most lauded American playwrights—and one of the most vilified?
Alisa Solomon
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Culture March 25, 2016
Chile’s Future: On the World Stage
What can Chile’s Santiago a Mil festival tell us about the country?
Alisa Solomon
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Television January 11, 2016
Jewy, Queer, Daring, and Political, ‘Transparent’ Pushes Past Parody
The second season is even better—more expansive, textured, and emotional—than the first.
Alisa Solomon
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Cultural Criticism and Analysis December 7, 2015
Pacific Overtures on Broadway
At its best, the Japanese-internment musical Allegiance seethes with righteous anger beneath its perkiness and platitudes.
Alisa Solomon
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August 27, 2015
How ‘Hamilton’ Is Revolutionizing the Broadway Musical
The bracing fusion of hip hop and the musical form shows that America’s history—and its future—belong to men and women of color as profoundly as to anyone else.
Alisa Solomon
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Theater August 13, 2015
Alfred Jarry’s Fun Home
Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi gets reimagined as the murderous fantasy of an angsty teenage boy.
Alisa Solomon
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Arts and Entertainment April 24, 2015
Why ‘The Heidi Chronicles’ Failed to Find a New Audience
Wendy Wasserstein’s 1989 play barely passes the Bechdel Test. Men act; Heidi reacts. What Lean-In feminist has time for that?
Alisa Solomon
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Arts and Entertainment April 13, 2015
The ‘Immortal’ Judith Malina, 1926–2015
The founder of the Living Theater was absolute about her principles as a pacifist anarchist, yet never dismissive or judgmental toward those who didn’t share them.
Alisa Solomon