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Theatre

Arts

Oh, Jeremy!

An interview with the playwright Jeremy O. Harris.

Doreen St. Félix Ssense Oct 2020 15min Permalink

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Can Greek Tragedy Get Us Through the Pandemic?

A theatre company has spent years bringing catharsis to the traumatized. In the coronavirus era, that’s all of us.

Elif Batuman New Yorker Aug 2020 30min Permalink

Movies & TV

The World According to Phoebe Waller-Bridge

A profile of the writer and star of Fleabag.

Lauren Collins Vogue Nov 2019 20min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Black Theater Is Having a Moment. Thank Tyler Perry. (Seriously.)

A circle of young black playwrights is doing some of the most vital work in American theater. And Perry is at its center.

Wesley Morris New York Times Magazine Oct 2019 15min Permalink

Arts

Young Jean Lee’s Unsafe Spaces

The first female Asian-American playwright on Broadway takes aim at identity and watches the audience squirm.

Parul Sehgal New York Times Magazine Jul 2018 20min Permalink

Arts

Dreamgirls, Nine, and the Greatest Face-Off in Tony Award History

The battle between 1975’s biggest shows.

Michael Riedel Vanity Fair Sep 2015 20min Permalink

Arts

The Catastrophe

Tracking Spalding Grey’s descent towards suicide.

Oliver Sacks New Yorker Apr 2015 15min Permalink