Theater

While Shepard's plays would absorb different rhythms and influences, their essence and voice were unmistakably his—our—own.

In a bewildering new staging at The Public Theater, Oscar Isaac is giving a rich, riveting lead turn as the dubious Danish prince.

If the Greeks had Antigone, Americans have Dorothy Day.

The story of Shakespeare is eternally appealing, because we want to know what confluence of circumstances, or divine blessing, could produce such a towering figure.

Well crafted stories about the “disabled experience” are still new, and too few-and-far between.

Like all the best historical narratives, “Oslo” shows the intense fragility and contingency of human affairs