Roll Over, Homer!

Charles Mee’s plays are like literary Frankensteins. He rips apart ancient Greek tragedies, stitches in snippets from blogs, the evening news and Kelly Clarkson songs, then jolts them with his own prose until they’re ready to stagger, or rather dance, on Off Broadway stages. Mr. Mee’s recent concoction, Iphigenia 2.0, a Greek tragicomedy about a Read More

Fall Preview: Stoppard! Shaw! And All Hail Chorus Line

Among the shows I’m looking forward to this fall (accompanied by a few prayers), let me begin by celebrating the innovative season of August Wilson plays at the Signature Theatre Company. Mr. Wilson’s great dramas, forged in the chains of American history, speak magnificently for themselves. But nothing speaks more positively for the future of Read More

Fall Preview: Stoppard! Shaw! And All Hail Chorus Line

Among the shows I’m looking forward to this fall (accompanied by a few prayers), let me begin by celebrating the innovative season of August Wilson plays at the Signature Theatre Company. Mr. Wilson’s great dramas, forged in the chains of American history, speak magnificently for themselves. But nothing speaks more positively for the future of Read More

Ground Zero: Let the Memorial Be

One of the more curious aspects of the planning for a memorial at Ground Zero has been the bizarre preoccupation with allocating space to a cultural institution. The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, along with the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and the state’s Council on the Arts, have been weighing two main proposals: the New Read More