Cynthia Zarin
The Freewheeling Playwright Jez Butterworth Takes On Ireland’s Troubles
An afternoon by the river with the author of “The Ferryman,” a play set in Ireland during the Troubles, that laces its deep pleasures with heartbreak.
“The Head and the Load,” William Kentridge’s Homage to Africa in the Great War
In the fever-dream theatre piece, the shadows loom larger than the actors themselves, the darkness of history made visible.
An “Oklahoma!” for Today
The director Daniel Fish discusses his new production of the Broadway classic.
Tom Stoppard’s “Travesties” Comes to Broadway
The playwright’s 1974 work defends the purpose of art as an activity that can grant a sliver of immortality.
The Freewheeling Playwright Jez Butterworth Takes On Ireland’s Troubles
An afternoon by the river with the author of “The Ferryman,” a play set in Ireland during the Troubles, that laces its deep pleasures with heartbreak.
“The Head and the Load,” William Kentridge’s Homage to Africa in the Great War
In the fever-dream theatre piece, the shadows loom larger than the actors themselves, the darkness of history made visible.
An “Oklahoma!” for Today
The director Daniel Fish discusses his new production of the Broadway classic.
Tom Stoppard’s “Travesties” Comes to Broadway
The playwright’s 1974 work defends the purpose of art as an activity that can grant a sliver of immortality.