★★★★★ Yet another engrossing and perceptive visit with Richard Nelson and the Apple family
Beyond
Incidental Moments of the Day: Richard Nelson’s Latest Socially Distant Drama
★★★☆☆ The latest Zoom saga of the Apple family’s doings in the pandemic remains thoughtfully everyday
Feingold on Old Movies for Theater Lovers: Ernst Lubitsch’s ‘To Be or Not to Be’
Death, marital infidelity, egomaniacal actors, and inept totalitarian armies all conspire to produce a glorious absurd comedy.
From Massachusetts: A Berkshire Godspell, Sharing and Caring Behind Masks
★★★★☆ A COVID-safe retelling of the musical Jesus story maintains its social, but not its emotional, distance
Feingold on Old Movies for Theater Lovers: Rouben Mamoulian’s ‘Love Me Tonight’
Though full of witty barbs and sharp bits of reality, the Rouben Mamoulian–directed, Rodgers and Hart–scored musical seems lighter than air—and “Isn’t It Romantic”!
The Weir: Conor McPherson’s Tense Bar Play in Viral Circumstances
★★★★☆ Ciarán O’Reilly’s Irish Rep stage version, rethought for home screens, with a first-rate cast
Feingold on Old Movies for Theater Lovers: Clarence Brown’s ‘Intruder in the Dust’
William Faulkner’s novel transformed for the screen in 1949, when racism in America was rarely examined by Hollywood
Hamilton: $7 Gets You Front-Row Access to $10 Founding Father
★★★★★ The smash-hit Broadway musical and pop-culture phenomenon gets a wide release
Hamilton: Your Living Room As the Room Where It Happens
★★★★★ An exquisite capture of the original production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s masterpiece, with the original cast, now on your computer screen
And So We Come Forth: Nelson’s Apples Convene Under Zoom Stress
Jay O. Sanders, Maryann Plunkett, Laila Robins, Sally Murphy, Stephen Kunken at their viral best