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Hidden Cinematic Gem in NYC Shines Again With New Theater

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel October 16, 2022October 14, 2022

Chinatown’s venerated Downtown Community Television Center is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a state-of-the-art cinema and community hub.

Posted inPerformance

Circle Jerk Takes the Absurdity of Modern Existence to the Extreme

by Juan Barquin June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the hybrid film/theatrical production is a dense and irreverent look at the performance of queerness.

Posted inFilm

Denzel Washington Stars in a New Black-and-White Macbeth

by Forrest Cardamenis December 22, 2021December 22, 2021

Working for the first time without his brother Ethan, Coen’s film adaptation, featuring Denzel Washington as Macbeth, embraces the text with unusual faithfulness.

Posted inNews

Theater Ensemble Targeted in Turkey for Kurdish Performances; Accused of “Terrorist Propaganda”

by Ayla Jean Yackley February 18, 2021February 18, 2021

“The government views us as political because we believe that the almost 20 million Kurds living in Turkey have the right to experience theater in their own language,” said actor Cihad Ekinci.

Posted inBooks

Ishmael Reed Picks Hamilton Apart, Bit by Revisionist Bit

Avatar photo by Erica Cardwell January 18, 2021July 13, 2022

The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda deconstructs the Broadway play’s abolitionist portrayal of the founding father with incisive, impeccably-researched satire.

Posted inFilm

Debating Whether the US Constitution Should Be Abolished

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel October 16, 2020November 5, 2020

The film version of Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me has all the stage show’s strengths — and flaws.

Posted inArt

Queer Art Workers Reflect: Hanako Wada Is Hosting LGBTQ Study Groups for Theater Folks

Avatar photo by Dessane Lopez Cassell June 22, 2020November 5, 2020

LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.

Posted inArt

Queer Art Workers Reflect: Raja Feather Kelly Wants Sustainability to Become “Actual Practice”

Avatar photo by Dessane Lopez Cassell June 8, 2020November 5, 2020

LGBTQ Pride month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer art worker and asking them to reflect on what this moment means to them.

Posted inPerformance

The Inheritance, a Play Haunted by Outdated Gay Archetypes

by Rennie McDougall March 12, 2020March 13, 2020

Having now announced it will close on March 15 (earlier than expected), we might look at exactly why The Inheritance failed to connect with New York audiences.

Posted inPerformance

A Minimalist Take on Medea Delivers Maximal Drama

Avatar photoby Angelica FreyFebruary 11, 2020September 16, 2020

In Simon Stone’s adaptation, the conflict is not cultural but psychological, and viewers can’t help but empathize with her.

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Probing the Tensions Between the Universal and the Specific in Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls

Avatar photo by Erica Cardwell December 13, 2019December 13, 2019

Then and now, Shange’s work responds to an urgent fever pitch humming beneath the taut surface of pain and respectability. A dazzling revival at the Public Theater reminds us of its timelessness.

Posted inArt

What Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls Means in the Age of #MeToo

Avatar photo by Kim Hall November 25, 2019

If you are surprised or stunned by recent revelations concerning sexual assault and harassment, it is because you have been, like most of American culture, ignoring Black women. Shange’s choreopoem, now running as a revival at the Public Theater, reminds us to pay attention.

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