In today's Wall Street Journal I review American Players Theatre's reading of Lydia R. Diamond's Smart People. Here's an excerpt. *Â Â *Â Â * Lydia R. Diamond's "Smart People," a hard-edged satire of life among the academic multiculturati, was first performed off Broadway in 2016 in a production directed by Kenny Leon. I praised the play at the time as "intelligent and provocative enough to put you in mind of…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:02AM on November 27, 2020