Just announced: Michael R. Jackson’s A Strange Loop won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama. When I saw it last June at Playwrights Horizons Off-Broadway, I wrote: A Strange Loop is a musical about a big, gay black guy who is struggling to write a musical about a big, gay black guy who is struggling….. Michael […]
Archives for May 4, 2020
In remembrance: arts journalist Gary Tischler
Gerhardt (Gary) Tischler, a veteran arts journalist whose debut post with DC Theatre Scene “There’s No App for That” remains one of our most-read articles, passed away at Sibley Memorial Hospital on April 8. He was 78. Tischler’s breakout piece, which poetically and in detail described the wonder of the theatrical experience, launched a nine-month, […]
There is good news for audiences watching theatre online. And it’s not just that it’s free.
Strange times have given us just that: time. Specifically, all of us have time inside to experience performances on our home screens. Individual artists and companies are scrambling to material online, leaving audiences to pick through a myriad of choices. Choosing what to see can be both overwhelming and, frankly, often underwhelming. Occasionally, however, hidden […]
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