Eros on the Escalator Drama can happen on the contra-flow of escalators. Art vs Commerce If you're not selling something, it's not art. Backstage The frontstage magic all happens backstage. Authoritarian Musicals When you leave a musical, you're anybody's fool. The Fever Dream of Captain America Our fever dream of empire has weakened the body politic. Imagination and Identity No more script ghettos — free the imagination! Mary Poppins is a Capitalist Fairy Tale It's not about the witchy nanny but the family's father, Mr. Banks. Really. On Acting Pretending can lead us to the truth about ourselves. The Background Radiation of Color DuBois' "color line" of 1903 is still our color line today. Antoine's Beef When theatre is in danger of becoming irrelevant, it is time to take the hammer and pound on the cathedral door.
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