There an interview with me about PERICLES AND ASPASIA on National Public Radio station WSIU in Southern Illinois -- and I have to say I love it. I got to say things that I really, truly mean…
Novel Set In Ancient Greece Features Aspasia, a Real Life Historical Feminist Figure Defying Social Customs
Logan Crawford featured my novel, PERICLES AND ASPASIA: A Story of Ancient Greece on his TV podcast, "Spotlight." For those who would like to see it, here's the link:https://www.youtube.com/…
An interview with author Yvonne Korshak, discussing Ancient Athenian theatre, Antigone, Sophocles and all things Pericles and Aspasia., on Philip Rowe's Podcast, "The History of European The…
PERICLES AND ASPASIA: A stellar, epic-length evocation of the golden age of Athens, rich with historical insight.
Running out the anchor line, the pirates babbled to one another, and in the tangle of their barbaric language, Aspasia listened for one word"Athens.
In Athens' Golden Age, Pericles, the statesman and general and Aspasia, one of the most influential women of the ancient world, find love against the odds, their story bringing to life the a…
What's particularly American about Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here -- the American landscape and the symbolism of new frontiers
…  without enchantment … As You Like It is a wonderful play so that, even with this disappointing production, it's not a wasted evening. The language is so powerful and some of th…
Not much enchantment but As You Like It is a wonderful play so that, even with this disappointing production, it's not a wasted evening.
A delightful musical filled with laughs-- that's Thoroughly Modern Millie, presented here with youthfully energy and joy.
A delightful musical filled with laughs-- that's Thoroughly Modern Millie, presented here with youthfully energy and joy.
… spinning a play from a photograph … Intimate Apparel is a good play, worth seeing, though it's not a you-must-see-it play like Lynn Nottage's Ruined (2008) or her more recent Sweat,…
A vintage photo of an African American seamstress in New York City in 1905 comes to touching, revelatory life in Nottage's "Intimate Apparel."
… segregation …Â The idea of this new musical show is that the world can be rough on for a little boy with a big imagination. Unfortunately this show can be rough on the audience. You…
A boy busily making up characters and drawing comics -- this show, based on Feiffer's book The Man in the Ceiling is autobiographically inspired
… love and gender … Fiona (Anna Martine Freeman) and Alice (Alice McCarthy) are two young women lovers, expatriate Brits living in Rotterdam. On the very evening that Alice is compos…
As Alice composes an email to let her parents know that she is gay, Fiona drops a bombshell:, telling Alice that she, Fiona, is a transgender
… bored room … The Antipodes is a distasteful play. I'd found Annie Baker's play The Flick as dull as dishwater, with no discernible redeeming merit. Still, I went to this one, The A…
Annie Baker's The Antipodes is banal, pretentious theater based on audience recognition of character types and commonplace actions and speech.
…  for sure come to Cabaret … If you want to see a top-notch production of  one of the best American musicals, see Cabaret at the North Fork Community Theatre. The songs, the m…
The songs, the musical splendor, the theatrical extravaganza and the powerful story are wonderfully realized, with a fine live orchestra.
                        … the force of destiny … Here's an amazing experience!  You…
Opera and text fuse in this exciting production. Antigone expresses her anguish with a Verdia aria -- and the impact is tremendous.
… all the world's a vanity fair … This is a mind-expanding production of Vanity Fair. It's also funny, extravagant and visually fascinating. The play, like the novel, focuses on …