The author of the play “Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven” says prayer may be his most valuable writing hack.
Theater
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Here are some of the best ‘A Christmas Carol’ adaptations in New York
Theater critic Jose Solís surveys several productions of the holiday classic
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Broadway’s love affair with the mixtape
The fall season has given us three wildly different case studies in Broadway’s pop/rock hybrids.
Posted inFaith, Features
The Legacy of ‘La Virgen del Tepeyac,’ a play about Our Lady of Guadalupe
The story of “La Virgen del Tepeyac” is about the birth of a people.
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The true story of whistleblower Reality Winner’s interrogation comes to life in ‘Is This a Room’
The play is a verbatim reenactment of the F.B.I.’s hour-long interrogation of the Georgia intelligence contractor who was arrested for leaking classified documents.
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Playwright Will Arbery on the restless Catholics of ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’
Arbery has written a play based on many years of quietly watching and listening to his fellow Catholics and conservatives.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
What did the Jesuits have to do with the invention of the horror film?
Jesuit plays aimed to create sensual religious displays to shake audiences into spiritual reckoning and conversion.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
How Playwrights Horizons is shining a spotlight on God off Broadway
The theater has been a place where New York theatergoers can get an above-average dose of plays on spiritual themes.
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‘Porgy and Bess’ and the power of representation
Written in the 1930s, George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” has always been controversial.
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Review: ‘Slave Play’ grapples with a poisonous legacy
In his sensational new play, Jeremy O. Harris posits that racism may poison our most intimate relationships.