Code Switch has an excellent essay on the opinion piece about NPR making the rounds, noting it acts as if the existence of systemic racism is an open question, though NPR has reported on the extensive evidence which proves it absolutely exists. READ: loom.ly/SdKRJGc

Congratulations to our Co-Artistic Director Caridad Svich who was named a 2024 GuggenheimFoundation in Drama & Performance Art!

Thrilled to be visiting TheaterWorks Hartford for the first time.

All the great directors attempt to stage at least one of Chekhov’s theatrical masterpieces. Now the task passes to Lila Neugebauer, with “Uncle Vanya,” Helen Shaw writes. nyer.cm/iLnhXFz

A unique soundscape with electric thrill is coming to Ars Nova!

Really delighted that two older performers lead and carry such emotional heft in THE NOTEBOOK. Alongside EXISTENTIALISM downtown, it’s reassuring to see true theater vets get their principal due

Happy Publication Day Vinson Cunningham. Can’t wait to read your masterpiece. 🤗

🎉🎉🎉Happy Closing 🎉🎉🎉 Dael Orlandersmith & Rattlestick Theater

Thanks to Jack Serio’s direction and Ruby Thomas’s script, “The Animal Kingdom” falls into the category of a difficult but necessary watch, and the questions we are left with inspire us to think more critically about our mental health and relationships.

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In a rare positive sign for criticism, The Washington Post has not eliminated the staff position of Theater Critic and is now hiring. washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washingt…

Two superficially similar solo shows by Mona Pirnot and Joey Merlo — and only one really connects. trib.al/sLZY0tg

'This is how it works: They put one man in prison to make millions scared.'
Alexi Navalny, Rest in Protest

Navalny threatened Putin because he revealed the extent of his theft and corruption. Putin killed Navalny because he couldn't let that truth be known.

Two superficially similar solo shows by Mona Pirnot and Joey Merlo — and only one really connects. trib.al/LIdQ9yp

David Greenspan stars in Joey Merlo’s eerie one-person show, an every-now-and-then party in Bushwick, and other recommendations of what to do this week. nyer.cm/O29iBba

'I caught this last year when it was a part of the Exponential Festival and I am so glad it's coming back because I have been telling people about it nonstop. I mean, it's a trippy, beautiful one-person show that turns inwards on identity.' Hillary Gao's Staff Pick this week!

This story is about 600 Highwaymen and Talking Band, but at its heart is a quandary: How to keep making theater in NYC as the city changes and the theater does, too?nytimes.com/2024/02/01/the…

'quietly galvanizing play... Jack Serio’s direction puts us in thrilling proximity to the actors. Thrilling, but also cortisol-spiking.' THE ANIMAL KINGDOM continues through FEB 10 at Connelly Theater. nytimes.com/2024/02/01/the…

I also wrote this piece about Heather Christian and her brilliant new piece TERCE for America Magazine, a natural assignment for someone like me, whose main interests are music, theater, and religion (give or take, and not necessarily in that order). americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2…