Category Archives: The Theater

Fighting Words.

April 25 & May 2, 2022 New Yorker cover
April 25 & May 2, 2022

Jamie Lloyd’s Minimalist Hip-Hop “Cyrano de Bergerac”
by Alexandra Schwartz

A new staging, starring James McAvoy, gives us rappers instead of rapiers.

The Precious Contingencies of Immigrants in “Sanctuary City”

October 11, 2021 New Yorker cover
October 11, 2021

The Precious Contingencies of Immigrants in “Sanctuary City”
by Vinson Cunningham

Martyna Majok’s play, presented by New York Theatre Workshop at the Lucille Lortel, focusses on two precisely defined characters to explore the injustices experienced by Dreamers in America.