Harrison David Rivers Depicts a Writer’s Return Home by Patricia L. Morin Forty-year-old writer Jesse Howard (H. Adam Harris) wants to unpack all the important experiences that led him to where he is today. Taking refuge in his childhood home, Jesse hears his mother saying again: “You want to have a happy plate, don’t…
August Wilson’s Black Artists Demand Fair Play by Barry David Horwitz Surrounded by men who look down on her, Viola Davis’ Ma Rainey is sharp-edged and bossy. She knows that the white producers just want to profit from her voice. But she also knows that the Blues “make life possible.” Behind her heavy make-up…
Heather Christian’s Mother Teresa Delivers the Self-Examination 2020+ Demands by Jennifer Ann Charron I have been riveted by Joshua William Gelb’s brilliance and adaptability since Theater in Quarantine started in March 2020. Streaming live theater performances from a closet in the East Village … cool. And creating intellectually stimulating and visually avant-garde theater via…
Taylor Mac Dolls Up for a Queer Revolution by Barry David Horwitz & Patricia L. Morin In “Holiday Sauce…Pandemic!” Taylor Mac demonstrates that the Holiday season and Covid both steal our taste and endorse capitalism. They force us into isolation, especially the queer 10% of the population. What happens when our individual tastes are…