Adam Kirsch
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Dead Babies, Geraldo and New Orleans
Harvard theater comes in a few familiar flavors. There's the ambitious production of a classic, like the Mainstage "Three Sisters"
Poets, Poems, Poetry Readings
One day, if it has not happened already, some Ph.D. candidate will write a dissertation on the effect of poetry
Prayers to Broken Tin Foil
T his is the way the year began--with what, by any standard, qualifies as a loud theatrical bang. No sooner
Stalin's Not-So-Willing Propagandist
Now that it has become as common for a serious reader to read literary biographies as actual novels, is only
Note to President Buchanan: Read 'em and Weep
Back in November 1994, the Republican takeover of Congress was heralded as the start of a new era. After half
Dunster Triumphs in Marriage of Figaro
The fourth production of the Dunster House Opera is also, by far, its most ambitious. In past years, the Opera's
The Maids Stumbles Under A Heavy Load
When it premiered in France in the 1950s, Jean Genet's The Maids must have been a shock. The play, based
New Music Raises Old Questions
If ever there was a monument to the Western Canon, Paine Hall is it. High above the audience, in proud
There's a Place For The Jets and Sharks
In 1995, it would probably be impossible to write a musical about gang warfare, racism, police brutality, and attempted rape.
'Fat Men' Doesn't Skirt Silver's Complex
Don't let the title fool you. "Fat Men in Skirts" conjures up a vision of the worst of current theatrical