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What Do We Want From Political Theater?

Cross Fitnesss4 months ago03 mins

In an era of vanishing cultural authority and ever-abbreviated attention spans, being called relevant is one of the best compliments a work of art can get. We’ve always celebrated art that seems to speak to our political and cultural moments, but these days — when the news relentlessly inundates us — art can feel like…

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Why Does Every Play Seem Political Now?

Cross Fitnesss4 months ago06 mins

But in previews, Toossi, 33, still found herself negotiating, and sometimes resisting, the reaction of her audience. In one scene, Elham, a young, fiercely intelligent aspiring medical student, struggles with an oral presentation and splutters to her classmates, in halting English, “I want everyone to know I am not idiot.” The instructor corrects her, and…