The Unz Review: An Alternative Media Selection
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Administering the University of the FutureThe Partisan Review, Summer 1998, pp. 446-453- America's New Culture HeroCommentary, February 1958, pp. 123-129
- Art, Non-Art: The Curse of Official CultureThe New Republic, November 7, 1964, pp. 85-91
- The Artist and the CitizenThe New Republic, June 24, 1978, pp. 23-26
- Boris & the 2nd Avenue MuseCommentary, August 1960, pp. 131-138
- Brecht Against BrechtThe Partisan Review, Winter 1963, pp. 29-54
- [+]Castles in the Mud (2 Reviews)Strindberg as Dramatist, by Evert Sprinchorn
- Strindberg as Dramatist by Evert Sprinchorn
- Strindberg and the Poetry of Myth by Harry G. Carlson
The New York Review of Books, January 20, 1983, pp. 29-30 - [+]Ciao! Manhattan (Review)A Margin of Hope, by Irving Howe
- A Margin of Hope by Irving Howe
The New York Review of Books, February 3, 1983, pp. 5-6 - Cultural Politics and Coercive PhilanthropyThe Partisan Review, Spring 1995, pp. 251-257
- The Culture Watch: Trashing the EndowmentsThe New Republic, November 22, 1980, pp. 25-26
- Dumbocracy in AmericaThe Partisan Review, Fall 1993, pp. 526-533
- [+]Film Chronicle (Review)Beginning of the End (1957 Film), by Bert I. Gordon
- Beginning of the End (1957 Film) by Bert I. Gordon
The Partisan Review, Spring 1958, pp. 288-296 - George P. ElliottThe American Scholar, Summer 1981, pp. 355-358
- [+]Golden Boy (Review)Clifford Odets: American Playwright, by Margaret Brenman-Gibson
- Clifford Odets: American Playwright by Margaret Brenman-Gibson
The New York Review of Books, February 4, 1982, pp. 10-12 - Greek Tragedy and the WatergateThe New Republic, May 26, 1973, p. 23
- II. On the New Cultural ConservatismThe Partisan Review, Summer 1972, pp. 412-414
- The Impact of the MediaThe Partisan Review, Spring 1991, p. 230
- Letter to a Secret ReaderAn Honest Intelligible Radical PoliticsThe New Republic, September 26, 1970, pp. 15-16
- LettersThe New York Review of Books, July 19, 1973, pp. 30-36
- LettersThe New York Review of Books, March 28, 1985, pp. 44-48
- [+]Living Theater (Review)The Theater of Essence, by Jan Kott
- The Theater of Essence by Jan Kott
The New York Review of Books, March 14, 1985, pp. 3-5 - Fall Book Review[+]The Logic of Survival in a Lunatic World (Review)Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The New Republic, November 13, 1961, p. 11 - The Madison Avenue VillainThe Partisan Review, July 1961, pp. 574-593
- The Men-taming Women of William IngeThe Harpers Monthly, November 1958, pp. 52-56
- Monkey BusinessThe New York Review of Books, April 24, 1969, pp. 43-45
- Notes on a Suburban TheaterThe Partisan Review, Fall 1959, pp. 593-605
- Oh Theater: The Artifact MuseumArthur Miller and Tennessee Williams on Broadway---againThe New Republic, April 5, 1999, pp. 29-31
- On TheaterThe New Republic, June 16, 1973, p. 25
- On TheaterCarmen Without Chorus, Chekhov Without WallsThe New Republic, December 19, 1983, pp. 23-24
- On Theater: A Boon for the BooniesMASS MoCA is the unlikely setting of some of America's most innovative theatrical worksThe New Republic, September 23, 2002, pp. 30-31
- On Theater: A Homeboy GodotTopdog/Underdog rewrites Beckett; Fortune's Fool recycles TurgenevThe New Republic, May 13, 2002, p. 25
- [+]On Theater: A Question of Identity (Review)Edward Albee: A Singular Journey, by Mel Gussow
- Edward Albee: A Singular Journey by Mel Gussow
The New Republic, August 30, 1999, pp. 29-30 - On Theater: A Season of ParchFour new shows try to bring life to a dry season on BroadwayThe New Republic, February 8, 1999, pp. 26-27
- On Theater: A Theater Marking TimeThe star of the London scene: Diana Rigg in MedeaThe New Republic, March 7, 1994, pp. 31-32
- On Theater: Actors Directing ActorsThe actors in Richard Jordan's Macbeth are classically trained, so why is the productio...The New Republic, March 5, 1990, p. 28
- On Theater: Akalaitis AxedWings at the Public Theater turns out to be a swan songThe New Republic, April 26, 1993, pp. 29-31
- On Theater: Alice in WilsonlandRobert Wilson comes home with a triumphant Alice; The Food Chain is inedibleThe New Republic, November 6, 1995, pp. 30-31
- On Theater: All's Well That Ends in MelancholyShakespeare in the Park's 1993 season does wonders with the bard's "Bed Trick Repertory"The New Republic, October 4, 1993, p. 32
- On Theater: An American LifeJoe Papp's Public Theater and private troublesThe New Republic, September 5, 1994, pp. 36-37
- On Theater: An Embarrassment of RichesA case for diluting the power of the New York Times theater criticThe New Republic, March 16, 1992, pp. 27-29
- On Theater: An Oscar for ClintonThe Thespian-in-Chief has a hit with his State of the Union addressThe New Republic, March 8, 1999, p. 31
- On Theater: Angels in AfghanistanTony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul is prescient and outdated, exhilerating and frustratingThe New Republic, March 18, 2002, p. 27
- On Theater: Angles in AmericaTony Kushner's Angels in America actually deserves all---or almost all---the hypeThe New Republic, May 24, 1993, pp. 29-30
- On Theater: Anything You Do Too Damned LongBill Irwin, America's modern clown, and other actsThe New Republic, May 29, 1989, pp. 26-27
- On Theater: Architectural BarriersUnadventurous classics in LondonThe New Republic, March 29, 1993, pp. 33-35
- Fall Books[+]On Theater: Arthur Miller at 87 (2 Reviews)Echoes Down the Corridor, by Arthur Miller and Steven R. Centola
- Echoes Down the Corridor by Arthur Miller and Steven R. Centola
- Conversations with Arthur Miller by Matthew C. Roudane and Arthur Miller
The New Republic, October 14, 2002, p. 26 - On Theater: Arts Wars IIWhat both sides forget: shock is not the highest aim of artThe New Republic, October 12, 1992, pp. 38-39
- On Theater: As the Globe TurnsMulticulturalism has a powerful friend in The Boston Globe and its campaign against ser...The New Republic, February 18, 1991, pp. 49-52
- On Theater: Aspects of Love and CompassionShylock struggles to keep a new Merchant of Venice afloat; Love! Valour! Compassion! sinksThe New Republic, April 3, 1995, pp. 30-31
- On Theater: Awards vs. AchievementsTony baloney---and the dispassionate Fires in the Mirror, about the Crown Heights incidentThe New Republic, July 6, 1992, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: Boat ShowHarold Prince spruces up Show BoatThe New Republic, November 7, 1994, pp. 36-37
- On Theater: Broadway Inches ForwardThe New Republic, December 23, 1981, pp. 25-26
- On Theater: Buchner in an Unfurnished RoomJoAnne Akalaitis's claustrophobic production of WoyzeckThe New Republic, January 4, 1993, p. 27
- On Theater: Calamity JaneJane Alexander returns to the state in Honour; Shakespeare's R&J is a triumph of very n...The New Republic, May 25, 1998, pp. 27-28
- On Theater: Caricatures in Search of an AuthorThe top-rated, X-rated miniseries brought to you by the Senate Judiciary CommitteeThe New Republic, November 18, 1991, pp. 34-35
- On Theater: 'Cause Jam Don't Shake Like ThatJelly's Last Jam, George C. Wolfe's new jazz musical about Jelly Roll Morton; the new o...The New Republic, June 8, 1992, pp. 33-34
- On Theater: Celebrity ClassicsMike Nichols' star-studded Seagull turns out to be, well, steallarThe New Republic, September 17, 2001, p. 33
- On Theater: Character and Personality in ShakespeareWhy Harold Blooom could play a great Falstaff, Lear or HamletThe New Republic, January 1, 1996, pp. 27-29
- On Theater: Clever LadiesImaginary Friends and Adult Entertainment hide too little content beneath too much styl...The New Republic, January 20, 2003, pp. 25-26
- On Theater: Comedy Is HarderPrivate Lives is anachronistically entertaining; an updated adaptation of The Underpant...The New Republic, June 10, 2002, pp. 26-27
- [+]On Theater: Contempt for Acting (Review)Marlon Brando, by Patricia Bosworth
- Marlon Brando by Patricia Bosworth
The New Republic, August 13, 2001, pp. 25-26 - On Theater: Culture ClashesBreakdown and disaffection in the new London theaterThe New Republic, November 22, 1999, p. 27
- On Theater: Death MarchesPirandello's The Mountain Giants lumbers; Hamlet, with Ralph Fiennes, racesThe New Republic, June 19, 1995, p. 32
- On Theater: Disaster at the NEAJohn Frohnmayer's state-of-the-art messThe New Republic, December 11, 1989, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: Dreaming a Dream PlayRobert Wilson's stunning new production of A Dream PlayThe New Republic, January 15, 2001, p. 21
- On Theater: Dress-Up PlaysJon Robin Baitz's The Substance of Fire has substance but not much fire. Our Country's ...The New Republic, June 10, 1991, pp. 27-29
- On Theater: Emerging British DirectorsThere's life in the old isle yet: three surprising new productions in LondonThe New Republic, February 12, 1990, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: End-of-Season NotesCaryl Churchill's bizarre Ice Cream with Hot Fudge, and John Guare's satiric Six Degree...The New Republic, July 9, 1990, pp. 33-34
- On Theater: England Reaches OutA new cosmopolitanism in London theaterThe New Republic, March 25, 1996, pp. 32-33
- On Theater: Fairy TailspinCymbeline veers out of control at the Public TheaterThe New Republic, July 10, 1989, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: French ScenesThe New Republic, October 14, 1996, pp. 36-38
- On Theater: FrontingCape Town's Salaam Stories, Distict Six, and African Footprints reveal a new focus on n...The New Republic, February 17, 2003, pp. 25-26
- On Theater: Funding AudiencesThe Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the influence of external money on internal a...The New Republic, June 9, 1997, pp. 32-33
- On Theater: Further Thoughts on OlivierLaurence Olivier vs. John GielgudThe New Republic, October 9, 1989, p. 25
- On Theater: Hillbilly BluesRobert Schenkhan's The Kentucky Cycle aspires to epic and descends to melodramaThe New Republic, November 1, 1993, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: Homogenized DiversityThe new production of A Doll's House is an ideological misreading of Ibsen; How I Learn...The New Republic, July 7, 1997, pp. 27-28
- On Theater: I(n the Midst of DeathBeckett's visions of the endThe New Republic, October 22, 1990, pp. 30-31
- On Theater: In the Belly of 'La Bete'David Hirson's virtuosic comedy of manners, La Bete, Stephen Sondheim's facile but tune...The New Republic, March 18, 1991, pp. 33-34
- On Theater: In the Company of WomenJust how much did Bertolt Brecht owe his mistresses?The New Republic, October 10, 1994, pp. 34-35
- On Theater: Intellect Into PassionTony Kushner's nimble, and emotional, Slavs; Tom Stoppard's flashy but icy HapgoodThe New Republic, January 30, 1995, pp. 30-31
- On Theater: Jewish MetaphysicsPaddy Chayevsky, David Mamet, and Shel Silverstein deal with demons and dybbuks at Linc...The New Republic, January 29, 1990, p. 27
- On Theater: Lighten Up, AmericaCensorious puritanism spreads among moralists and liberals alikeThe New Republic, September 10, 1990, pp. 35-36
- On Theater: McNally on the CrossCorpus Christi is a self-important take on the greatest story ever toldThe New Republic, November 30, 1998, pp. 34-35
- On Theater: Melting the ConcreteA report from London's Royal National TheatreThe New Republic, February 17, 1992, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: Memories of JoeJoseph Papp and American theatreThe New Republic, December 16, 1991, pp. 36-39
- On Theater: Mend It, Don't End ItWhy the National Endowment for the Arts needs repair, not retirementThe New Republic, October 6, 1997, pp. 29-30
- On Theater: Millennial BluesThe New Republic, September 18, 2000, p. 30
- On Theater: Mind Over MaterialThe Invention of Love is obnoxiously cerebral. Mnemonic is artfully soThe New Republic, May 14, 2001, pp. 29-30
- On Theater: More Noise Than FunkBring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk: a protest against protest theaterThe New Republic, March 4, 1996, pp. 31-32
- On Theater: Moscow NightsThe New Republic, October 16, 2000, p. 42
- On Theater: Musicals and MusicalesA musical adaption of James Joyce's "The Dead" is a pleasant surprise; Tom Stoppard's c...The New Republic, December 27, 1999, p. 26
- On Theater: Musicals With a MessageRagtime and The Capeman are trashy sermonsThe New Republic, March 30, 1998, p. 27
- On Theater: No Secrets, No RaptureThe ostentatious integrity, and implausible plot, David Hare's Secret RaptureThe New Republic, November 20, 1989, pp. 29-30
- On Theater: On a Cold PlanetRoberto Zucco is feverish; Night and Her Stars is overly familiarThe New Republic, May 22, 1995, pp. 29-30
- On Theater: On Cultural PowerAugust Wilson's hopeless separatismThe New Republic, March 3, 1997, p. 31
- On Theater: On the Cape TownNew productions in South Africa are dealing realistically with raceThe New Republic, February 12, 2001, pp. 31-32
- On Theater: OpinionsAriel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden and John Guare's Four Baboons Adoring the Sun are ...The New Republic, May 11, 1992, pp. 31-32
- On Theater: Orpheaus CondescendingPeter Hall's hyped-up Tennessee Williams, starring a manic Vanessa RedgraveThe New Republic, October 30, 1989, pp. 25-26
- On Theater: P.C.---or Not P.C.Anna Deavere Smith takes the pulse of burned-out L.A.; Jackie Mason spouts his own infl...The New Republic, May 2, 1994, pp. 29-30
- On Theater: Palace and GardenMaria Stuart is powerfully Shakespearean; House and Garden are just plain gimmickyThe New Republic, July 8, 2002, p. 26
- On Theater: Pastoral ShakespeareSummer brings Twelft Night and Cymbeline to New YorkThe New Republic, September 7, 1998, pp. 26-27
- On Theater: Paying Tribute to MediocrityForbidden Broadway Strikes Back! strikes a blow against Broadway musicals; Necessary Ta...The New Republic, December 16, 1996, p. 32
- On Theater: Plays for People, PerhapsGypsy revived is full of life; Other People's Money celebrates the romance of capitalismThe New Republic, January 1, 1990, pp. 27-28
- On Theater: Plays for the ParchSam Shepard's virtuosic Simpatico; black comedy in The Waiting RoomThe New Republic, January 2, 1995, p. 28
- On Theater: Popular ElitismStoppard's Arcadia is all showy wit and learning; Bergman's The Winter's Tale is freshThe New Republic, July 17, 1995, pp. 36-37
- On Theater: Prescient PlaysFar Away, Woyzeck, and The Aunt's Story are plays ahead of their timesThe New Republic, December 23, 2002, pp. 27-28
- On Theater: Reclaiming a Ruined ColossusThe clumsy power of Eugene O'Neill's More Stately MansionsThe New Republic, December 15, 1997, pp. 30-31
- On Theater: Resident Theater HopesThe Tempest, Venus and Dance of Death suggest a brilliant renaissance in American theaterThe New Republic, May 20, 1996, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: Return of the MasterIngmar Bergman's inspired visions of Peer Gynt and Madame de SadeThe New Republic, June 21, 1993, p. 29
- On Theater: Revisioning Tennessee WilliamsRadical new versions of A Streetcar Named Desire and Camino RealThe New Republic, October 25, 1999, p. 34
- On Theater: Revisited Plays, Revised OpinionsNew productions of The Night of the Iguana, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Fo...The New Republic, June 17, 1996, p. 26
- On Theater: Separated by a Common PlaywrightBroken Glass, Arthur Miller's accident; A Winter's Tale, the RSC's triumphThe New Republic, May 30, 1994, pp. 29-30
- On Theater: Sex, Art, and the Supreme CourtThe folly of the NEA's decency testThe New Republic, October 5, 1998, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: Shakespeare With an American AccentJames Lapine's well-done Winter's TaleThe New Republic, May 8, 1989, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: She-Plays, American-StyleTwo portraits of heroines in search of freedom: Sophie Treadwell's Machinal (1928) has ...The New Republic, December 17, 1990, pp. 27-28
- On Theater: Shepard's ChoiceSam Shephard's Buried Child reflects collective decay; his new book of stories, Cruisin...The New Republic, July 15, 1996, pp. 27-28
- On Theater: Spring RoundupEugene O'Neill, David Hare, Conor McPherson, and Martin McDonagh on BroadwayThe New Republic, June 7, 1999, pp. 32-33
- On Theater: Stars and Their GassesMaster Class is an efficient play; The Duchess of Malfi is an efficient productionThe New Republic, February 5, 1996, pp. 27-28
- [+]On Theater: Stella by Lamplight (Review)Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov, by Barry Paris and Stella Adler
- Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov by Barry Paris and Stella Adler
The New Republic, May 10, 1999, pp. 38-39 - On Theater: Stephen Sondheim's ProgressThe New Republic, June 29, 1998, pp. 23-24
- On Theater: Still Searching for TheaterIbsen in California, Arthur Miller in New York, and other signs of lifeThe New Republic, August 3, 1998, pp. 29-30
- On Theater: Subsidized SeparatismA response to August Wilson and black separatismThe New Republic, August 19, 1996, pp. 39-41
- On Theater: Tempest in a SmokepotA furious new production of The TempestThe New Republic, December 4, 1995, pp. 27-28
- On Theater: Terror in the BedroomChristopher Walken's voluptuously evil Iago invigorates a new Othello in Central ParkThe New Republic, August 12, 1991, p. 29
- On Theater: The Aesthetics of ViolenceEdward Bond's Saved shows that some things can still shock; A Skull in Connemara and Te...The New Republic, April 9, 2001, pp. 32-35
- On Theater: The Audience, or Who Is the GoatEdward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia examines what it means to passionately love s...The New Republic, April 15, 2002, pp. 24-25
- On Theater: The Avant-Garde and Shock ArtThe latest in victim theater: animals unite in Martha Clarke's Endangered SpeciesThe New Republic, November 19, 1990, pp. 26-27
- On Theater: The British ConquestSkirmishes and Top Girls, two mediocre importsThe New Republic, February 14, 1983, pp. 26-27
- On Theater: The Death of the Collective IdealWhen nonprofit theater becomes yet another casualty of corporate valuesThe New Republic, September 11, 1995, pp. 27-29
- On Theater: The Decline of High CultureThe risky gamble of the American experiment in democracyThe New Republic, November 3, 1997, pp. 29-31
- On Theater: The Descent of ManThe Wooster Group's The Hairy Ape revivifies Eugene O'NeillThe New Republic, May 12, 1997, pp. 27-29
- On Theater: The Director Who...Peter Brook adapts Oliver Sacks, but the oddities prove tediousThe New Republic, April 24, 1995, pp. 32-33
- On Theater: The Dreaming of the BonesNew Irish theater: Sean O'Casey's strong The Shadow of a Gunman, Brian Friel's derivati...The New Republic, January 27, 1992, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: The Dreams of Ingmar BergmanProducing Strindberg and O'Neill, the Swedish director stages strong night visionsThe New Republic, July 29, 1991, pp. 29-30
- On Theater: The Editorial PlayLarry Kramer's sermonizing The Destiny of Me; Wendy Wasserstein's toothless The Sisters...The New Republic, December 7, 1992, pp. 32-33
- On Theater: The First Amendment and the NEAWhat Jesse Helms and other art critics don't understandThe New Republic, September 11, 1989, pp. 27-29
- On Theater: The Good Hope of the CapeA look at Pieter-Dirk Uys, the theatrical conscience of post-apartheid South AfricaThe New Republic, February 11, 2002, p. 27
- On Theater: The Great Work FaltersTony Kushner's Perestroika is stylish but static; Robert Wilson's The Black Rider is a ...The New Republic, December 27, 1993, pp. 25-27
- On Theater: The Harrowing of HellPhilip Glass chillingly reinterprets Kafka's In the Penal Colony; but two new versions ...The New Republic, July 9, 2001, p. 30
- On Theater: The Havels and the Have-NotsSome Americans Abroad and Crowbar show unusual ambition. Still, American playwrights lo...The New Republic, March 26, 1990, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: The Heritage of MXATThe Three Sisters is brought to unruly life at the Moscow Art TheatreThe New Republic, August 11, 1997, pp. 29-30
- On Theater: The Hero of the NurseryAn engrossing Peer Gynt in HartfordThe New Republic, June 19, 1989, pp. 30-31
- On Theater: The Jew Who Buried HitlerUnderneath the sequins and the swastikas, The Producers is a good old-fashioned musical...The New Republic, May 28, 2001, pp. 27-28
- On Theater: The Journey of Robert LepageThe Seven Streams of the River Ota is Robert Lepage's greatest triumph yetThe New Republic, February 10, 1997, p. 29
- On Theater: The Las Vegas ShowThe twenty-four-hours-a-day spectacle of America's monument to glutThe New Republic, January 4, 1999, p. 27
- On Theater: The Lesson of 'The Piano Lesson'August Wilson's ongoing epic about the legacy of racism succumbs to a vision of victimi...The New Republic, May 21, 1990, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: The Lion QueenThe Lion King confirms Julie Taymor as the pride of the prideThe New Republic, February 2, 1998, pp. 25-27
- On Theater: The Mercant of Venice BeachPeter Sellars, theatrical time-tripper, takes Shakespeare to contemporary CaliforniaThe New Republic, December 5, 1994, pp. 31-33
- On Theater: The New BohemiansRent needs control; The Green Bird is a triumphThe New Republic, April 22, 1996, pp. 29-30
- On Theater: The New RelevanceWas Othello a Muslim? In the wake of September 11, the classics take on new meaningsThe New Republic, November 12, 2001, pp. 30-31
- On Theater: The Play About the PlayEdward Albee's latest offering alternates between brilliance and fraudulenceThe New Republic, March 19, 2001, p. 28
- On Theater: The Poor CaretakerSimon Callow shrinks Orson WellesThe New Republic, October 16, 1995, pp. 38-41
- On Theater: The Rebirth of Irish DramaA great dramatic tradition fears fresh fruitThe New Republic, April 7, 1997, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: The Rehabilitation of Edward AlbeeThree Tall Women, a late career triumphThe New Republic, April 4, 1994, pp. 26-27
- On Theater: The Ride Down Mount RushmoreThe Ride Down Mount Morgan is a surprising new triumph from Arthur Miller; Four Saints ...The New Republic, September 16, 1996, p. 30
- On Theater: The Roots of LovePassion, an opera about love's miseries and mysteries, is a Sondheim triumphThe New Republic, August 1, 1994, pp. 29-30
- On Theater: The Royal Court in Spunky Middle AgeThe London season: The Man of Mode, The Libertine and BlastedThe New Republic, February 27, 1995, pp. 27-28
- On Theater: The Schlepic Part IIMiss Saigon is a self-righteous sermon on guilt in musical form. Spend your $100 on a b...The New Republic, May 13, 1991, p. 27
- On Theater: The Season of the PlayGoodnight Children Everywhere and Gertrude and Alice show that the drama is flourishing...The New Republic, August 2, 1999, p. 32
- On Theater: The Smashing of the BellWhy the arts in America need the NEAThe New Republic, August 14, 1995, pp. 26-27
- On Theater: The Theater of PainAriane Mnouchkine's monumental Les AtridesThe New Republic, November 9, 1992, pp. 36-37
- On Theater: The Two O'NeillsAh, Wilderness! and The Emperor Jones show different sides of Eugene O'NeillThe New Republic, April 27, 1998, pp. 27-28
- On Theater: The Use and Abuse of MulticulturalismHow a cosmopolitan ideal became a separatist sloganThe New Republic, September 16, 1991, pp. 31-33
- On Theater: The War On the ArtsHow the left, the right, and the center all conspire to doom high art in AmericaThe New Republic, September 7, 1992, pp. 35-37
- On Theater: This 'Money-Got, Mechanic-Age'Cats is a tricked-out dog; Good is just plain badThe New Republic, November 15, 1982, pp. 23-24
- On Theater: Transforming Actors and Star PersonalitiesIn memory of Laurence OlivierThe New Republic, August 21, 1989, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: Travel PackagesVisit India in A Perfect Ganesh; try the Caribbean in a new Measure for Measure productionThe New Republic, August 23, 1993, pp. 31-32
- On Theater: Tripping Into the AbyssHal Holbrook dares to do King Lear, Wallace Shawn rants in The FeverThe New Republic, January 21, 1991, p. 27
- On Theater: Two Fairy TalesCraig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss promises to be disturbing but is only charming. Woyzeck...The New Republic, April 16, 1990, pp. 27-29
- On Theater: Two Moral X-RaysPatrick Marber's Closer and Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth put contemporary life ...The New Republic, June 28, 1999, pp. 36-37
- On Theater: Unity from DiversityI Am a Man revisits the '60s,; Marisol looks into an apocalyptic futureThe New Republic, July 19, 1993, p. 29
- On Theater: Unreal CitiesChicago is a revival worth visiting; The Waste Land is spell-bindingThe New Republic, January 6, 1997, pp. 26-27
- On Theater: Urban Angst and Its AntidoteThe big, bad city stars in The Lights and The Treatment; Sherry Glaser stars in Family ...The New Republic, November 29, 1993, pp. 29-31
- On Theater: Varieties of Histrionic ExperienceAl Pacino is masterful in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui; Fiona Shaw is brilliantly d...The New Republic, November 18, 2002, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: Varieties of Musical ExperienceNeither Mamma Mia! nor Urinetown adds up to much, but The Screams of Kitty Genovese giv...The New Republic, December 10, 2001, pp. 26-27
- On Theater: Varieties of Sensual ExperienceVienna Lusthaus (Revisited) shows theater's potential to be the most voluptuous of the ...The New Republic, August 19, 2002, pp. 26-27
- On Theater: Varieties of Theatrical ExperienceHighbrow texts meet lowbrow contexts in three new productions: Big Love, POEtry, and Ma...The New Republic, December 31, 2001, p. 25
- On Theater: Ways to Break the SilenceTheatrical magic is made from spectable in Villa Villa and from eloquence in WitThe New Republic, November 2, 1998, pp. 27-28
- On Theater: Ways to Please an AudienceCenturies of tradition culminate in Vevey's Fete des Vignerons; Gwyneth Paltrow shines ...The New Republic, October 4, 1999, pp. 35-36
- On Theater: What Do Women Playwrights Want?Three idiosyncratic artists at work: Laurie Anderson, Paula Vogel, Suzan-Lori ParksThe New Republic, April 13, 1992, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: What Makes a Play LiveThe enduring excitement of Baal, the obsolete pieties of The Grapes of WrathThe New Republic, May 7, 1990, pp. 30-31
- On Theater: Whose Faust Is It Anyway?Randy Newman's Faust lacks soul; Michael Gambon brings beauty and power to Skylight by ...The New Republic, November 18, 1996, pp. 28-29
- On Theater: Wilson Lights Stein's LightsGertrude Stein comes to life in Robert Wilson's Doctor Faustus Lights the LightsThe New Republic, August 10, 1992, pp. 27-28
- On Theater: Women in ExtremisWendy Wasserstein's Heid Chronicles, The Big Chill of feminismThe New Republic, April 17, 1989, pp. 32-33
- On Theater: Yuppie Realism, ContinuedLips Together, Teeth Apart survives its marriage of romantic comedy and liberal guiltThe New Republic, October 21, 1991, pp. 28-29
- On Theater;The Best Play of Which Year?The New Republic, April 4, 1988, pp. 25-27
- [+]Pain in the Arras (Review)Peter Hall's Diaries, by John Goodwin and Peter Hall
- Peter Hall's Diaries by John Goodwin and Peter Hall
The New Republic, April 30, 1984, pp. 33-34 - Popular and Unpopular ArtThe Partisan Review, Summer 1977, pp. 339-344
- [+]Portraits of the Master (Review)A Method to Their Madness, by Foster Hirsch
- A Method to Their Madness by Foster Hirsch
The New Republic, October 22, 1984, pp. 39-42 - Repertory FeverThe Harpers Monthly, December 1960, pp. 44-47
- Revolution as TheatreThe New Republic, March 14, 1970, pp. 13-16
- [+]Satire of Reproof (Review)Parktilden Village, by George P. Elliott
- Parktilden Village by George P. Elliott
Commentary, July 1958, p. 88 - Sweet Bird of SuccessEncounter, June 1959, p. 59
- [+]Tardy Bildungsroman (Review)Some Came Running, by James Jones
- Some Came Running by James Jones
Commentary, April 1958, pp. 366-370 - Theate: Journeys to the End of the WorldThe New Republic, February 9, 1980, p. 26
- [+]Theater (Review)From Paris to Fire Island
- Cheri and The Last of Cheri by Colette
The New Republic, October 26, 1959, pp. 19-20 - [+]Theater (Review)The Abiguous Lure of the Bitch Goddess
- Apple and Square by Jack Gelber
The New Republic, December 25, 1961, p. 20 - TheaterThe New Republic, July 17, 1971, p. 26
- TheaterThe New Republic, December 9, 1972, p. 23
- TheaterThe New Republic, May 6, 1972, p. 22
- TheaterThe New Republic, May 13, 1972, pp. 30-31
- TheaterThe New Republic, November 18, 1972, p. 26
- TheaterThe New Republic, October 7, 1972, p. 23
- TheaterThe New Republic, October 28, 1972, p. 28
- TheaterThe New Republic, April 21, 1973, p. 23
- TheaterThe New Republic, February 17, 1973, p. 20
- TheaterThe New Republic, January 6, 1973, p. 25
- TheaterThe New Republic, July 7, 1973, p. 23
- TheaterThe New Republic, March 17, 1973, p. 23
- TheaterThe New Republic, May 12, 1973, p. 25
- Nuturing the Arts: A Special 60th Anniversary SupplementTheater and the UniversityThe Spirit of ExcellenceThe New Republic, November 16, 1974, pp. 13-16
- The Theater of MetaphorThe Partisan Review, Fall 1984, pp. 650-662
- The Theater of Middle SeriousnessThe Harpers Monthly, March 1959, pp. 56-57
- Theater: A King and Two QueensJonathan Miller's King Lear argues for the importance of estate planning; Valhalla prov...The New Republic, April 5, 2004, p. 27
- Theater: A Passion for the FamiliarThe New Republic, December 6, 1980, p. 27
- Theater: A Remake and a RevivalThe New Republic, November 1, 1980, p. 25
- Theater: A Theater for Clever JournalistsThe New Republic, January 5, 1980, p. 23
- Theater: Advice for BroadwayThe New Republic, May 3, 1980, p. 27
- Theater: Angels and BeardsThe authorship of Tony Kushner matters a great deal to Caroline, or Change; In The Bear...The New Republic, January 26, 2004, pp. 25-26
- Theater: CreationsFour current New York productions encompass both the best and the worst of ensemble actingThe New Republic, March 24, 2003, pp. 25-26
- Theater: Dysfunctional DynastiesAll happy families may be alike, but each unhappy family (in Salome, Gypsy, and Long Da...The New Republic, June 16, 2003, p. 29
- Theater: Eleven Years in the FreezerThe New Republic, October 13, 1979, p. 27
- Theater: Forty Million FrenchmenThis year's Tony awards provide an object lesson in the shortcomings of democracyThe New Republic, July 5, 2004, p. 27
- Theater: ImpersonationsFor better and for worse, three new productions explore theater's dependence on imitiationThe New Republic, April 25, 2005, p. 25
- Theater: In the JungleRose Rage, set in an abattoir, is Henry VI well done; Hedda Gabler is pathologically ri...The New Republic, November 1, 2004, pp. 30-31
- [+]Theater: Keeping Company With Kaufman (Review)Kaufman and Co., by Laurence Maslon and George S. Kaufman
- Kaufman and Co. by Laurence Maslon and George S. Kaufman
The New Republic, October 11, 2004, pp. 27-29 - Theater: Lost in ThoughtTom Stoppard shows of his erudition, againThe New Republic, April 2, 2007, pp. 40-43
- Theater: Making the Familiar StrangeDo revamped revivals offer anything new? Or should we turn to genuinely fresh dramatic ...The New Republic, December 19, 2005, pp. 25-26
- Theater: Odious ComparisonsThis year's Tony Award ceremony was remarkable for its relative inoffensivenessThe New Republic, June 27, 2005, p. 27
- Theater: Plays and PropheciesThe pillorying of Lawrence Summers finds theatrical precedent; Arthur Miller was a powe...The New Republic, March 28, 2005, pp. 21-22
- Theater: Prosecution PlaysBroadway's interrogatory mood infects our criticThe New Republic, May 23, 2005, pp. 27-29
- Theater: Pyrotechnics and IceJumbers fuses show-business splash with arid academicism; the spare Frozen hauntsThe New Republic, May 31, 2004, p. 29
- Theater: Reality TheaterWell, Hannah and Martin, and Who Killed Woody Allen? are evidence of our current obsess...The New Republic, May 3, 2004, pp. 23-25
- Theater: Red and Blue States of MindEver since the last election, our country has been waging a political color war. But th...The New Republic, August 1, 2005, pp. 21-22
- Theater: Reflections on a Successful SeasonThe New Republic, July 26, 1980, p. 26
- Theater: Self-Parody and Self-MurderThe New Republic, March 8, 1980, p. 26
- Theater: Sex and Power in the New York TheaterThe New Republic, November 10, 1979, p. 25
- Theater: Shakespeare in BloomThree new Shakespeare productions: are they anxiously influenced by Harold Blum?The New Republic, December 15, 2003, pp. 31-33
- Theater: Shotover's ApocalypseSeptember 11 shadows a dinner party in Omnium Gatherum; Anna in the Tropics is sweet an...The New Republic, November 17, 2003, pp. 27-29
- Theater: Smelly OrthodoxiesA Bad Friend defines its characters by their politics; the protagonist of I Am My Own W...The New Republic, July 21, 2003, p. 25
- Theater: SolutionsThe New Republic, December 27, 1980, p. 25
- Theater: The Art of Kenneth TynanThe New Republic, August 23, 1980, pp. 25-26
- Theater: The Past RevisitedThe Frogs revitalizes a remake; After the Fall serves up autobiography undercookedThe New Republic, August 30, 2004, pp. 25-26
- [+]Theater: The Peer and the Pariah (2 Reviews)Olivier, by Terry Coleman
- Olivier by Terry Coleman
- Elia Kazan: A Biography by Richard Schickel
The New Republic, February 13, 2006, pp. 25-27 - Theater: The Play You Are Not Allowed to DislikeThe New Republic, June 7, 1980, p. 23
- [+]Theater: The Prisoner on the Aisle (Review)The Drama Is Coming Now, by Richard Gilman
- The Drama Is Coming Now by Richard Gilman
The New Republic, October 31, 2005, pp. 25-26 - Theater: The Quest of Peter BrookThe New Republic, June 28, 1980, p. 27
- Theater: The Rebirth of Political TheaterThe God of Hell offers a well-timed dose of paranoia; Democracy chronicles reconciliati...The New Republic, December 20, 2004, pp. 31-32
- Theater: The Saved and the DrownedPrimo, based on the writings of Primo Levi, is a restrained, diligently researched inve...The New Republic, February 28, 2005, p. 25
- Theater: The Vitality of Harold ClurmanThe New Republic, October 18, 1980, pp. 25-26
- Theater: Theater after 9/11Recycled revivals and escapist theater---in these times?The New Republic, October 3, 2005, p. 27
- Theater: Theater of the Mushy TushyAriane Mnouchkine's Le Dernier Caravanserail (Odyssees), a spectable about contemporary...The New Republic, September 5, 2005, pp. 25-26
- Theater: Time After Time SquareA tale of three imports: Life (x) 3, The Play What I Wrote, and Cosi Fan TutteThe New Republic, May 26, 2003, pp. 24-25
- Theater: Two CouplesThe New Republic, April 5, 1980, p. 28
- Theater: Two Tales from Two CitiesThe New Republic, December 8, 1979, p. 25
- Theater: When Egos CollideThe Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci is thin on ideas; Henry V has far too manyThe New Republic, August 18, 2003, pp. 23-24
- Theater: Why Plays FailMidnight's Children is overcrowded, My Life With Albertine is clumsy, and Dirty Story i...The New Republic, April 14, 2003, pp. 25-26
- Theater: Women of LettersRemembering Susan Sontag, as theater critic, director, and dramatist; Caryl Churchill's...The New Republic, January 24, 2005, pp. 25-26
- TheatreThe New Republic, March 18, 1967, pp. 30-32
- Theatre ChronicleThe Hudson Review, Spring 1959, pp. 94-100
- The Third Theater RevisitedThe New York Review of Books, February 13, 1969, pp. 25-26
- [+]Village Idiots (2 Reviews)Greenwich Village 1963, by Sally Banes
- Greenwich Village 1963 by Sally Banes
- Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life by Allan Kaprow and Jeff Kelley
The New Republic, January 31, 1994, pp. 35-38 - Where Are the Repertory Critics?The New Republic, September 13, 1975, pp. 23-25
- Whose University? The Case for ProfessionalismThe New Republic, April 26, 1969, pp. 16-18
- Why American Plays Are Not LiteratureThe Harpers Monthly, October 1959, pp. 167-172
- [+]Williams' Nebulous Nightmare (Review)Sweet Bird of Youth, by Tennessee Williams
- Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams
The Hudson Review, Summer 1959, pp. 255-260 - Writers for CarterThe Partisan Review, Winter 1977, p. 106
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