‘Monumental Travesties’ at Mosaic Theater Company makes the vandalism of a controversial statue a source of comedy Review by Peter Marks for The Washington Post What says ally-ship quite like a White man with Black Lives Matter emblazoned on his tighty whities? It’s a question you’ve probably never thought of asking. But playwright Psalmayene...
A playwright, Psalmayene 24, takes down a problematic memorial, with comedy
In Mosaic Theater’s ‘Monumental Travesties,’ playwright Psalmayene 24 critiques D.C.’s controversial Emancipation Memorial By Celia Wren for The Washington Post The new play “Monumental Travesties” is a comedy, but the perception that sparked it was no laughing matter. “The seeds of it started with my disdain for the monument,” says playwright Psalmayene 24, speaking...
A winning new opera grows in Brooklyn Commons
By George Grella for New York Classical Review The grandiosity of opera culture—the stars, the spectacle, the stage machinery—often obscures the form itself, which depends on the fine details of things like harmony, dynamics, and individual performances to succeed. The great value in small opera companies like On Site Opera is in their smaller...
PAY THE WRITER, by Tawni O’Dell, Starring Ron Canada, Marcia Cross, Bryan Batt, More, Opens Off-Broadway August 21
The timely new play began its run with a benefit performance supporting the Writers Guild of America. By Margaret Hall, Logan Culwell-Block for Playbill.com Pay the Writer, a timely new play from Tawni O’Dell (Back Roads), officially opens Off-Broadway August 21, after beginning performances August 13. The production plays through September 30 at The Alice...
“The Happiest Man on Earth,” by Mark St. Germain, is an Eloquent Tale of Brutality Turning to Love of Life
There are some stories so brutal and emotionally draining that you fear hearing them. The thing about such painful memories is that when expressed as art they can become tales that are so eloquent you are not only thrilled that you experienced it, but you want everyone to share in the experience. That is...