Purging the Legacy of Dictatorship From Chile’s Constitution Purging the Legacy of Dictatorship From Chile’s Constitution
Marca Tu Voto AC, a citizens’ group, is spearheading the national effort to overhaul Chile’s 1980 constitution.
Jan 21, 2014 / Alisa Solomon
Mike Check: A Few More Words on L’Affaire Daisey Mike Check: A Few More Words on L’Affaire Daisey
In his defense, the embattled monologist stressed the differences between theater and journalism. Did he have a point?
Mar 28, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Clampdown in Hungary Clampdown in Hungary
The right-wing nationalist government has defunded and harassed the influential theater community and passed a harsh new media censorship law, threatening the country’s fragi...
Jan 6, 2011 / Alisa Solomon
Clampdown in Hungary Clampdown in Hungary
The right-wing nationalist government has defunded and harassed the influential theater community and passed a harsh new media censorship law, threatening the country’s fragi...
Dec 30, 2010 / Alisa Solomon
An Unsettling Protest in Israel An Unsettling Protest in Israel
Dozens of Israeli theater artists are refusing to perform in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Now they’ve been joined by hundreds of artists and scholars from both Israel a...
Sep 15, 2010 / Tony Kushner and Alisa Solomon
‘Tell Her the Truth’ ‘Tell Her the Truth’
On Caryl Churchill's Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza.
Mar 26, 2009 / Feature / Tony Kushner and Alisa Solomon
Hammerheads: David Mamet’s Money Plays Hammerheads: David Mamet’s Money Plays
As David Mamet's views become more Manichaean, he's squared the jaws of his tough guys.
Jan 22, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Staged Reading Staged Reading
How Judith Thompson's play about Abu Ghraib falls short.
Jul 29, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Out of Africa Out of Africa
The World Social Forum marched into Nairobi full of conflict, action and ideas.
Feb 15, 2007 / Feature / Alisa Solomon
Memorial Chauvinism Memorial Chauvinism
The controversy over the World Trade Center cultural institutions is one more episode in a long, often bitter dispute over how 9/11 should be remembered and understood.
Sep 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon