84 stories by "Amy Kotkin"
Playwright Pearl Cleage meditates on Maynard Jackson, Atlanta's first Black mayor, in a fascinating depiction of the citizens who voted for him. By AMY KOTKIN
The deeper we get into the show, the less it seems to matter whether we are seeing men or women in the roles.
The searing story of a young Jewish man and a mixed-race woman whose relationship is ruptured by antisemitism and racial bias.
The ensemble is uniformly splendid. They imbue every song with rich and nuanced meaning.
In August 2017, 63-year-old Mélisande (Méli) Short-Colomb packed her bags and moved to Washington, DC, to begin her freshman year at Georgetown University. It was the start of a new life f…
Shakespeare Theatre Company and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company have collaborated to bring to DC an electrifying drama about forced dislocation.
Nathan Alan Davis' engaging new two-hander revisits the trauma of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
The most satisfying aspect of this play is how deftly it navigates between two cantankerous men's funny, petty squabbling and overwhelming despair.
The characters in Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play exude a charisma and a life force that transcend time.
A daughter recounts her mother's escape from Nazis and exalts the sustaining power of music.
Shakespeare Theatre Company whips up a high-spirited new take on the beloved comedy.
A vivid glimpse into the personal costs of living in limbo as a Dreamer.
The Tony-winning musical tells a story of all that makes us human " love, loss, loneliness, and connection.
In a dusty old antiques and repair shop, the setting for Keith Powell's new drama, a mother and son confront hope and change, loyalty and betrayal.
The show dazzles with stellar singing, great choreography, amazing stagecraft.
Dramatic renovations " vivid murals, a ground-level café, the wholly redesigned Victor Shargai Theatre " extend welcome to everyone.
The play set in the 1990s shows just how delicate African American advancement continues to be.
Washington Stage Guild revives the extraordinary play written just before the end of apartheid in South Africa.
Mosaic presents a provocative play in seven episodes about how we are fragmented and separated from each other.
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Round House Theatre, in association with McCarter Theater Center, concludes its festival of works by celebrated playwright Adrienne Kennedy with the world premiere of Etta and Ella on the Up…
When Ohio State University invites the distinguished author Suzanne Alexander back to her alma mater, she is asked specifically to lecture on the theme of violence in her works. Brace yourse…
Twenty-nine years before George Floyd was murdered on camera and 18 years before Black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested for "breaking and entering" into his own home, Antioch…
Round House Theatre, in association with McCarter Theatre Center, has launched its digital series of works by Adrienne Kennedy with the enigmatic He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box, directed…
When was the last time you enjoyed a funny, edgy Woolly Mammoth production while digging up stubborn weeds from your garden or taking a stroll through Rock Creek Park? Just when we thought o…
Olney Theatre Center's virtual production of The Humans offers proof positive of the old adage: Necessity is the mother of invention. Just see how they have turned the pandemic's crushing bl…
