One of theater’s greatest strengths is its ability to illuminate the experience of the underrepresented, the marginalized, and the disregarded. A timely play can foster connection and understanding where there was once alienation and confusion. “Tribes,” a play by Nina Raine, attempts to draw from this strength, with limited success. It’s not that this production […]
Jerry Argetsinger
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Change is a verb
The passage of time can be a horrifying concept, especially when nothing changes. Last weekend marked the one year anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown, which was followed by more of the same, to the collective disgust of some and the collective shrug of too many. America’s unfulfilled responsibility to black America includes acknowledging […]
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“A Little Night Music”
Pittsford Musicals has discovered sex. And in the nicest way possible, with a production of “A Little Night Music,” the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical that details the amorous entanglements of a group of turn-of-the-20th-century Swedes. If this seems like a major change from this group’s generally family-friendly fare like “The Sound of Music,” “Annie,” and […]
