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It’s been around since Sheridan was a current hot playwright:  The Grand Theater in Lancaster, Great Britain. And speaking of Sheridan, turns out that The Rivals is being revived in April by Manhattan’s Pearl Theatre.

There’s not much about political strategy and platform that I’d agree with David Plouffe about, but he’s right: Obamacare is not the problem. The problem is the Democrats perennial cowardice, their 24/7 capitulation reflex.  Yes, it’s nice that Harry Reid … Continue reading →

In The New York Times, Steven Yaccino and Lizette Alvarez spotlight the GOP’s war on voting rights. A thought: after Roberts gutted the Voting Rights Act last year isn’t t time to declare our current Supreme Court rogue and void?

Villages West and East used to be places of political engagement. People discussed ideas, current events, politics at the micro and macro levels.  Today when I sit in a West Village coffee shop, what I overwhelmingly hear people talking about … Continue reading →

I goofed when I said that Taylor’s Private Domain was done for this year’s NY season–in fact, it’s on the program this evening at the closing performance.  Starts at 6:00 p.m. Maybe I’ll go again too. But wait–you probably knew … Continue reading →

This weekend, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, One of Us: The Chapel enacts short plays by new young playwrights.

The Paul Taylor Dance Company closes its run at Lincoln Center this weekend. On the nights I’ve been to see them at the Koch theater, the orchestra looked very full but it didn’t seem as though everyone knew that there … Continue reading →

I was out early this morning; despite the cold, the slant of sunlight said “Spring!”

Obama’s defense in Brussels of G.W. Bush’s catastrophic and entirely illegal invasion of  Iraq was of a piece with his consistent defense and perpetuation of his predecessor’s transgressions, and yet it is stupefying nonetheless. Charles Pierce at Esquire reels  appropriately … Continue reading →

in Maine. Sarah Lazare overviews at Commondreams.org.