In an interview with Rob Weinert-Kendt, the playwright John Patrick Shanley discusses the continued resonance of ‘Doubt.‘
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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Interview: ‘Terce: A Practical Breviary’ composer Heather Christian believes in theater
“Terce: A Practical Breviary” doesn’t feel all that far from a worship experience—at least, what an ideal worship experience might be.
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The big family drama returns to Broadway with ‘Appropriate’ and ‘A Prayer for the French Republic’
For playwrights, family dramas are never just about families.
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Three new shows break the mold of the jukebox musical—for better and for worse
Three new Off-Broadway shows don’t just show us what draws musicians to their chosen medium; they make us hear it, with often bracing effect.
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Stephen Sondheim’s final musical is a satisfying cap to an extraordinary career
Sondheim has left the building, and he lives on only in interpretation and iteration, no less than Shakespeare or Mozart.
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Review: August Wilson, a playwright of multitudes
In ‘August Wilson: A Life,’ an excellent new biography by Patti Hartigan, we read of the winding path that led Wilson to his ascendance, then delves into the tumults and triumphs of his two decades at the heights of achievement.
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Take me to church (or to Broadway): ‘Purlie Victorious’ and the catharsis of Black theater
Can I get an amen?
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Playwright Annie Baker offers a theology of pain in her new play ‘Infinite Life’
For theater fans, the arrival of a new Annie Baker play is cause for celebration.
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Review: ‘Back to the Future’ and ‘The Shark is Broken’ bring movie brands to Broadway
Two new Broadway productions offer case studies in brand extension and fan service.
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‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ and ‘The Thanksgiving Play’ take a satirical aim at theater itself
The ambitions of these two comedies could hardly be more disparate, yet the craft employed in both is rooted in similarly precise calibrations of our attention and sympathies.