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Monday, May 17, 2021

Echoes of Trauma in Two Plays by Vinson Cunningham

For “Zoetrope,” viewers peer into a trailer to watch two lovers on lockdown talking past each other in well-educated millennialese; Bill Gunn’s “The Forbidden City” follows a Blac…

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Monday, April 12, 2021

Off Broadway Returns, with “Blindness” by Vinson Cunningham

Simon Stephens’s adaptation of José Saramago’s dystopian novel, about a sudden epidemic of blindness, is up—in person—at the Daryl Roth Theatre.

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Monday, December 17, 2018

Black and White in “Slave Play” and “To Kill a Mockingbird”  by Vinson Cunningham

Vinson Cunningham on Jeremy O. Harris’s new work and Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel, which explore the politics and the power at the heart of America’s racial regime.

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Monday, November 12, 2018

Shades of Darkness in “King Kong” and “American Son” by Vinson Cunningham

Vinson Cunningham reviews the new Broadway musical “King Kong” and the drama “American Son.”

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Monday, October 29, 2018

The Intricacies of Family in “The Waverly Gallery” and “The Ferryman” by Vinson Cunningham

Vinson Cunningham on Kenneth Lonergan’s drama, starring Elaine May, and Jez Butterworth’s play, which sketches a harsh day for an Irish family during the Troubles.

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Friday, May 26, 2017

Weekly Culture Review: Tragedy at an Ariana Grande Concert, and More by Vinson Cunningham

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