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Theater news and analysis from The Nation
June 3, 2019
His new play, The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda , is an extremely earnest attempt to show Miranda the many errors of his blockbuster musical.
May 29, 2019
The African-American studies professor sits down with The Nation to discuss books, Beyoncé, and the radical potential of the academy.
May 28, 2019
In her recent play White Noise and a new film adaptation of Native Son , Parks probes the terrible truths of the American imagination.
May 23, 2019
The performer’s work presents a riotous vision of what an intergenerational left might look like.
April 10, 2019
The poet’s debut play addresses appropriation, cultural ownership, and dirty money in the art world.
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April 4, 2019
Breaking: A report from inside the White House reveals infighting among advisers, consternation over Norwegian socialism, and the importance of chocolate milkshakes.
March 20, 2019
As entertainment that deftly mixes history, satire, pathos, and comedy, Next Stop: North Korea is an unqualified success.
November 2, 2018
A Midwestern tour of Sweat , staged in community spaces, invites its audience into the play.
November 1, 2018
Through bravery and pain, she wrote with fierce love for young black women.
October 22, 2018
Then she wrote a play about it—and gave the story a happier ending.
