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Michael Feingold

January 24, 2019 5:00 am

The Feingold Column: Explaining Alvin Epstein

When the great, polymathic actor died in December, the theater lost one of its most remarkable artists

December 13, 2018 5:00 am

The Feingold Column: That ‘Fiddler’ Incident

Fiddler tour

A drunk yells, a panic starts, a columnist worries. Should he?

November 21, 2018 5:00 am

The Feingold Column: A Great Playwright’s Odyssey

Maria Irene Fornes

The late María Irene Fornés wandered through many forms, rewriting the rules as she went

October 30, 2018 6:00 am

The Feingold Column: How Can Theater Confront Its Past?

michael feingold

Recent revivals of problematic classics such as Carousel and My Fair Lady recognize a problem but don’t solve it

October 1, 2018 6:00 am

The Feingold Column: Doing Without Theater

michael feingold

In his debut column for New York Stage Review, the longtime Village Voice critic reflects on a season of no playgoing

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Call Me Izzy: Jean Smart Extremely Smart in Smart Jamie Wax Character Study

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★★★★☆ Sarna Lapine directs the six-time Emmy winner soloing as a talented but oppressed trailer-park housewife

Call Me Izzy: Jean Smart Shines in a Dark New Play

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★★★☆☆ The 'Hacks' star takes the Broadway stage solo, as an abused trailer park wife who just wants to write

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By Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ A grant-winning genius bites the philanthropic hands that feed him

Prosperous Fools: Taylor Mac Takes on Molière But Not Prosperously, Foolishly

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★☆☆☆☆ Darko Tresnjak directs the misguided satire, with Mac as Artist and Jason O'Connell and Sierra Boggess as other targets

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