Voices
Rob Weinert-Kendt, an arts journalist and editor of American Theatre magazine, has written for The New York Times and Time Out New York. He writes a blog called The Wicked Stage.
Theater
A string of race-themed shows on Broadway have struck chords with audiences eager to see the subject dramatized--or at least broached.
Theater
'Hamlet' doesn’t just epitomize the privileging of talk over action; this is, in fact, the play’s anguished subject.
Theater
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
Theater
Transmuting the horrors of the Congo into a memorable evening of theater is the core achievement of 'Ruined.'
Theater
Why do assorted crowned heads keep cropping up in our popular narratives?
Theater
Two shows now playing in New York have Christian faith and institutional authority as central themes.