Alafair Burke Asks How Loyal Should The Wife Be? Alafair Burke’s new novel, The Wife, has so many twists and turns it’s like trying to keep track of a runaway train. The story starts [...] February 10, 2018
The Chekhov Dreams – Derivative, But Often Fun John McKinney’s play is ½ Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, ¼ Woody Allen’s Play It Again Sam and ¼ that of the playwright. Still, [...] February 9, 2018
My Career Choice: Ellen Maddow – Talking Band One of the things that makes New York City theater so exciting also includes what happens off Broadway where groundbreaking productions can [...] February 9, 2018
Against the Hillside – Stunning Theater Every now and then I see a production where everything hums. Sylvia Khoury’s riveting, highly topical play is given an accomplished debut [...] February 8, 2018
Toxic Culture: The Significance and Damage of Victim Blaming By Karetta Hubbard, Lynne Revo-Cohen, Gwen Crider, and Dr. Chris Kilmartin Dr. Kilmartin wrote and provided the powerful thoughts in this [...] February 7, 2018
Mabel’s Babies – An American Songbook Competition Background Adela and Larry Elow, long banner-carrying supporters of American Songbook in the put-your-money-where-your-heart-is vein *, [...] February 6, 2018
Jane on the Brain: Science of Social Intelligence Meets Jane Austen The thought of Darcy and Elizabeth as walking computers, calculating the sum of neural activity, is likely to irritate many Austen [...] February 6, 2018
Imperfect Love – Eleanora Duse and Gabriel D’Annuzio This literate, seemingly classical play has been incubating a long time. Author Brandon Cole first conceived of writing about the [...] February 5, 2018