It’s been 10 years since Lin-Manuel Miranda took his shot and performed at the White House Poetry Jam. We talk to Amber White, stage manager at “Hamilton” to learn more about the hit musical.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Four new Broadway shows attempt to answer the question: What are musicals for?
We live in an age in which new musicals can seemingly be about anything.
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‘Hillary and Clinton’ and ‘Lear’: Upstaging male leaders
In Hnath’s play, Hillary has put all her bets on competence, while Bill unsurprisingly presses her to show more humanity.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
“Miracle in Rwanda” displays the power of forgiveness even after genocide
By praying the rosary, she’d know that her mind was on God and not the killers.
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Reviewing ‘Death of a Salesman’ and ‘J.B.’
Our reviewers were not enthusiastic about two award-winning plays.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
A dynamic and damaged power couple face off in ‘Fosse/Verdon’
These two overachievers needed each other, even or especially when they were not together.
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Keep or abolish the Constitution? A fiery debate commences on Broadway
Heidi Schreck’s new play puts the narrative of her own life in contention with the history of our nation’s founding document.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
When we reject reality we’re also turning away from God
To live in the real, to reject illusion is to set our face toward growth and toward God.
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The return of Daniel Berrigan’s ‘The Trial of the Catonsville Nine’
The director Jack Cummings III has reimagined the play as a kind of found text, recited and enacted by three Asian American actors.
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‘Rent’: A musical that’s difficult to love
All owe a debt to “Rent,” and I for one am happy to pay it.