Performance
Acting Black and White Onscreen
Race as a performance in “Passing” and “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.”
By Hilton Als
Reimagining August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” on the Small Screen
Viola Davis plays the blues singer, whose wounds live right next to her cynicism.
By Hilton Als
Play It Again, Sam
By David Samuels
A Night At the Horse Opera
By Alison Rose
Schwarzkogler's Ear
By Murray White
QUESTIONS OF GENIUS
By Andrew Solomon
ROLES FOR RUFUS
By Brendan Lemon and Richard Avedon
Bowery Chums
By Anthony Haden-Guest
WILD ROSE
By Brendan Lemon
LAURIE ANDERSON
By Brendan Lemon