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Rob Weinert-Kendt
Rob Weinert-Kendt, an arts journalist and editor of American Theatre magazine, has written for The New York Times and Time Out New York.
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A God-Shaped Hole: A new ‘Godot’ on Broadway affirms Beckett’s brilliance
A new ‘Wait for Godot’ on Broadway affirms Samuel Beckett’s brilliance
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The Salesman Cometh: The new ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ exposes our material anxieties
There’s a classic bit of advice for actors: Walk into the audition thinking of yourself as the solution to the director’s problem; be that solution and you’ve got the part. Closing the deal is a steeper challenge for the cutthroat salesmen in David Mamet’s 1983 masterpiece Gl
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Unquiet Desperation: Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’
Mike Nichols’ production of ‘Death of a Salesman’ breathes and barks like a freshly born thing.
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A Broadway Revival: ‘Godspell’ gets updated
‘Godspell’ is less a traditional musical than a combination praise service and theater-games exercise.
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Laughs and Gasps: The many emotions of Broadways new season
This season on Broadway, misery may love company, but its best friend is comedy.
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Stage Presence: A spirituality of theater
The analogies between theatergoing and churchgoing are easy to make.
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An American Tragedy: August Wilson’s ‘Fences’ and race on Broadway
A string of race-themed shows on Broadway have struck chords with audiences eager to see the subject dramatized–or at least broached.