Theater

The Actor and the Minister

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jul 21, 2014 In a time when corporate culture has marginalized our artists and those of compassion and vision, two such people merged for a moment at a Boston church. (Shown here, Michael Milligan in his one-man play.)In a time when corporate culture has marginalized our artists and those of compassion and vision, two such people merged for a moment at a Boston church. (Above, Michael Milligan in his one-man play.) Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Tony Kushner on Suffering Actors, the Wayward Left and the ‘Dream’ of Revolution

Emily Wilson / Truthdig Jun 19, 2014 For someone who finds writing tortuous, Tony Kushner does a lot of it. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead at 46

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 3, 2014 The Oscar-winning portrayer of "slovenly and slightly dissipated figures was found dead Sunday in his apartment with what law enforcement officials said was a syringe in his arm." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ireland’s Troubled Embrace With the Arts

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 1, 2014 The infrastructure built to support the arts during the economic boom has been pinched by the subsequent crisis for five long years. Music director Gerry Godley acquaints outsiders with the official stumbling and staggering. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Wallace Shawn Discusses Playing for Glenn Greenwald

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 31, 2014 The beloved playwright and actor Wallace “Wally” Shawn just returned from Brazil where he performed his play "The Designated Mourner" for journalist Glenn Greenwald. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New York City Opera Files for Bankruptcy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 5, 2013 New York City Opera, known for 70 years as the "people's opera" for its affordable tickets, revealed as much as $10 million in assets and debt in a bankruptcy petition it filed Thursday after years of declining income and a failed fundraiser. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

On His Birthday, a Famed Artist’s Masterpiece Faces the Bulldozer

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jun 27, 2013 The late political cartoonist Paul Conrad won the Pulitzer Prize so many times it was deemed unseemly to give him any more. Now, on the Thursday he would have turned 89, one of his masterpieces faces oblivion. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Crazy Horse’: A Study in Erotic Abstraction

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Feb 10, 2012 The cabaret's women are half-naked so much of the time that they are, as it were, clothed in their own nudity. More significantly, I think, the show often presents them very abstractly. In particular, the lighting presents this or that aspect of their bodies in such a way that they lose all particularity. They are not, in these representations, “women,” but are “woman.” I’m not saying that Frederick Wiseman's film lacks in bare breasts and bums—there’s more than enough of them to satisfy the merely lubricious. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama Still of Two Minds on Gay Rights

Staff / Truthdig Dec 9, 2011 While the Obama administration has spoken up for gay rights, it has yet to support gay marriage; Kevin Spacey has been heckling noisy audience members in his role as Richard III; meanwhile, LA and Occupy L have come to a similar consensus about corporate personhood: It needs to go! These discoveries and more after the jump . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Robin Williams as Atheist Tiger in Baghdad

Staff / Truthdig Apr 1, 2011 The comedian and actor best known for his manic motormouth is starring on Broadway in "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo." Williams plays the tiger and, according to The New York Times, he plays it well. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Theatrical Resistance

Staff / Truthdig Aug 29, 2010 It may be obvious to some, but Palestinians aren't the only people upset about Israel's settlement activity. More than 60 Israeli theater professionals have joined a boycott against a new West Bank cultural center in Ariel, an Israeli settlement 12.5 miles within Palestinian territory. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A ‘Prophecy’ Worth Watching

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jun 14, 2010 Theater, which at its best makes us more human and humane, has become increasingly mediocre, produced as spectacle or driven by the presence of Hollywood celebrities. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )