‘Hamlet’ doesn’t just epitomize the privileging of talk over action; this is, in fact, the play’s anguished subject.
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 War on Women: Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Ruined’
The play of the year is not on Broadway and was not featured at the recent Tony Awards. It is a sprawling yet intimate drama set in a brothel in the war-torn Congolese jungle, with the decidedly gloomy title “Ruined.” That may sound like unlikely hit material, but it is hard to argue wit
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A War against Women: The corporeal force of ‘Ruined’
Transmuting the horrors of the Congo into a memorable evening of theater is the core achievement of ‘Ruined.’
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Kings and Queens: ‘Mary Stuart’ and ‘Enter the King’
Why do assorted crowned heads keep cropping up in our popular narratives?
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God Talk Off Broadway
Two shows now playing in New York have Christian faith and institutional authority as central themes.