133 stories from The Feminist Spectator
The Feminist Spectator has posted a new item:"Coming Out Stories: Chely Wright, Wish Me Away" . . . Chely Wright is a country music singer who debuted in 1994 and achieved her life's dr…
. . . with information about the reissue of The Feminist Spectator as Critic and about The Feminist Spectator in Action, a forthcoming book of feminist criticism I'm publishing with Pal…
Chely Wright is a country music singer who debuted in 1994 and achieved her life's dream by becoming part of the Grand Ole Opry tradition, recording several Top 40 and number one song…
Just to apologize that The Feminist Spectator has been on hiatus this last month. Â Although I’ve not been posting, I’ve been writing. Â Palgrave Macmillan is publishing sele…
Dael Orlandersmith's poetic two-hander Yellowman was Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2002, after she spent many years as a solo performer (touring with, among other performance work, the Nuyorica…
Luis Alfaro's Bruja at San Francisco's Magic Theatre continues his recent spate of Latino-themed adaptations of classic Greek plays. Following Oedipus el Rey, which premiered at the Magi…
What novelty to see a play that's not only by and about a woman but that takes feminism as its topic and theme. Gina Gionfriddo's (Becky Shaw) new play uses the history of the second wav…
The Feminist Spectator has posted a new item, 'Scandal'Shonda Rimes' new television series arrived at its first season finale last week, after a terrific premiere and seven-week run and the …
Shonda Rimes' new television series arrived at its first season finale last week, after a terrific premiere and seven-week run and the promise of renewal for a second season. Kerry Washi…
Hi, Friends, this is a redirect to the new blog site at www.thefeministspectator.com. Do sign up to follow The Feminist Spectator there.The Feminist Spectator has posted a new item, 'D…
I’m coming late to the controversy over the resoundingly white male-written and -directed season announced for the Guthrie next year, in part because I’m tired of hearing myself …
The Feminist Spectator has posted a new item called "Smash and Broadway." Here's a teaser:Smash ended its first season this week, and has been renewed for a second, minus Theresa Rebec…
Smash ended its first season this week, and has been renewed for a second, minus Theresa Rebeck, its creator and original show runner (and one of the only women playwrights to be produced on…
The ceremony at which I received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for 2010-2011 was staged in Prospect House at Princeton University on April 28, 2012. Cornell profe…
The ceremony at which I received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for 2010-2011 was staged in Prospect House at Princeton University on April 28, 2012. Â Cornell profess…
Lena Dunham on GirlsLena Dunham's HBO series has been hailed for itssharp, insightful snapshot of 20-something young, white, straight womennavigating their New York City lives in a post-Sex …
Lena Dunham's HBO series has been hailed for its sharp, insightful snapshot of 20-something young, white, straight women navigating their New York City lives in a post-Sex and the City momen…
FYI, Split Britches will receive the Edwin Booth Award from the Theatre Program of the CUNY Graduate Center today. I’m sure it’ll be a wonderful conversation. See the link for de…
FYI, Split Britches will receive the Edwin Booth Award from the Theatre Program of the CUNY Graduate Center today.I'm sure it'll be a wonderful conversation. See the link for details.T…
How sweet is the taste of a movie with a female heroine heralded as the top-grossing non-sequel film debut weekend of all time? And how sweet is it that The Hunger Games, the adapt…
Jennifer Lawrence in her iconic pose as Katniss in The Hunger GamesHow sweet is the taste of a movie with a femaleheroine heralded as the top-grossing non-sequel film debut weekend of all ti…
The HBO-produced adaptation of Mark Halperin and John Heilemann's best-selling 2009 book, Game Change centers on the John McCain-Sarah Palin part of the ticket for the 2008 Presidential elec…
Ed Harris and Julianne Moore as McCain and Palin in Game ChangeThe HBO-produced adaptation of Mark Halperin andJohn Heilemann's best-selling 2009 book, GameChange centers on the John McCain-…
Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis as Bess and PorgyThiscontroversial production comes to Broadway with the baggage of both historicaland contemporary critique. Firstproduced in the 1930s a…
This controversial production comes to Broadway with the baggage of both historical and contemporary critique. First produced in the 1930s as a "folk opera" by George and Ira Gershwin, a…
