Theater

Is There a Future for Russian Independent Media?

Is There a Future for Russian Independent Media? Is There a Future for Russian Independent Media?

The press in Russia has been operating under slow but constant erosion during the entirety of Putin’s watch.

Sep 29, 2022 / Interactive / Alyona Minkovski and Alina Spatz

Little Amal at the 2022 Global Citizen Festival in Central Park, New York City.

We Like the Idea of Asylum Seekers, but Not the Real Thing We Like the Idea of Asylum Seekers, but Not the Real Thing

The 12-foot-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee has been welcomed in New York and around the world. Real refugees? Not so much.

Sep 28, 2022 / Helen Benedict

A Staggering Story of Palestinian Exile

A Staggering Story of Palestinian Exile A Staggering Story of Palestinian Exile

Mona Mansour’s "The Vagrant Trilogy" is the Public Theater’s first full-length, main-stage production to address the aftermath of the Nakba.

Jun 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon

A group of women in costume hold signs. One raises her fist.

Strippers Seize the Moment, Turning a Lockout Into a Picket Line Strippers Seize the Moment, Turning a Lockout Into a Picket Line

How many assaults, rapes, and shootings will it take for these performers to be afforded even the basic protections a union could provide?

May 5, 2022 / Highlights / Antonia Crane

The Infinite Possibilities of “Macbeth”

The Infinite Possibilities of “Macbeth” The Infinite Possibilities of “Macbeth”

Sparse and beautiful, Joel Coen’s Shakespeare adaptation focuses on why we continue to return to this story of power and downfall.

Feb 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

The Story of Capitalism in One Family

The Story of Capitalism in One Family The Story of Capitalism in One Family

"The Lehman Trilogy" proposes that the downfall of a financial dynasty is enough to tell the economic and political history of America

Jan 26, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon

The Making of Tom Stoppard

The Making of Tom Stoppard The Making of Tom Stoppard

How mistaken identity and acts of reinvention define the life and work of the British playwright.

Dec 13, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold

Stephen Sondheim’s Art

Stephen Sondheim’s Art Stephen Sondheim’s Art

Despite beginning his career at the end of musical theater’s golden age, Sondheim helped bring the form to its artistic zenith.

Dec 1, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Shuja Haider

Stephen Sondheim At Michigan State University

Judy Collins Remembers Stephen Sondheim Judy Collins Remembers Stephen Sondheim

The singer and activist writes about discovering the “amazing, creative, thunderous force” of Sondheim’s music.

Nov 30, 2021 / Editorial / Judy Collins

Mike Nichols and Elaine May, 1961.

Why Mike Nichols Was the Egalitarian Auteur Why Mike Nichols Was the Egalitarian Auteur

Mark Harris’s biography of the filmmaker shows that one cannot be an auteur without some help.

Nov 3, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Lindsay Zoladz

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