In his 1975 novel Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow offers a panorama of Americana. He uses real-life personalities, including magician Harry Houdini, radical militant Emma Goldman, starlet Evelyn Nesbit, Henry Ford and Booker T. Washington and interspersing th …Read more
They say you never forget your first time and one of the first shows I ever saw was “Once Upon a Mattress” starring comedienne Carol Burnett. It was unforgettable! Incomparable! For me, it was a wonderful introduction and the beginning of a lifelong …Read more
After its controversial, deeply serious production of Julius Caesar, The Public Theater’s second Shakespeare in the Park production aims for light-hearted fun and fantasy. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (directed by Lear deBessonet) captures all the magic …Read more
Women’s bodies have been put on display and fetishized throughout history. In the thought-provoking Venus, now playing at the Signature Theatre, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks explores the mania that a particular female body type engenders. Venus tells …Read more
