Gloomy weather and winter blues are no match for Synetic Theater’s production of The Servant of Two Masters. Originally written by Italian playwright Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni in 1746, it’s a […]
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Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities
The Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, like many urban areas, has changed significantly in the 30 years since playwright Anna Deavere Smith presented the tension between Black and Orthodox Jewish […]
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English with an Accent
Created and performed by Migguel Anggelo, English with an Accent focuses on one of the world’s largest refugee crises that too few people are familiar with: Venezuela. Since 2015, more […]
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John Proctor Is the Villain
There’s no time like now to reexamine canonical classics such as Arthur Miller’s The Crucible in the wake of #MeToo and ongoing book wars. John Proctor Is the Villain is […]
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Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler’s 1993 Afrofuturist novel, Parable of the Sower, is set in Los Angeles in 2024—as in two years from now. The country is wrecked by climate change, corporate […]
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The Hot Wing King
It’s not every day that an all-male ensemble, starring a gay couple, cooks onstage. Such is the magic of The Hot Wing King, from Katori Hall and directed by Steve […]
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Afro-Atlantic Histories
Featuring more than 130 artworks and documents from 24 countries in Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe, Afro-Atlantic Histories will be on view at the National Gallery of Art […]
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National African American Roller Skating Archive
“Roller skating is the American pastime that no one talks about,” says Tasha Klusmann, president of Our Family Skate Association and historian behind the National African American Roller Skating Archive. […]
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Seeing My Way by Sonya Michel
Since retiring, the well-known U.S. historian of women and social policy Sonya Michel has returned to another passion: abstract art. This April, her work will be on display at the […]