Shakespeare in the Park Returns, Joyfully & Inclusively, to New York by Andrea Libresco As the performance begins, multiple helicopters fly over the Delacorte Theater. While not a part of the production, the reminder of the creeping police state seems appropriate in this play with an immigrant woman as hero. The production carries us…
Lisa Sanaye Dring Envisions a New Kind of Leader by David Moore Lisa Sanaye Dring’s “Sumo” invites us into the ritualistic world of sumo wrestling. Beneath the physical discipline, “Sumo” displays power and love: who needs it, who gets hurt, and who can transcend into the divine. Playwright Dring and director Ralph B. Peña…
David Finnigan Offers Lessons for Survival in a Stormy World by David Moore Watching “Deep History” at the Public Theater, with Hurricane Milton poised to become the largest storm since Katrina, I felt the weight of the climate crisis that is no longer a distant threat but a present reality, unfolding faster than we…