In the Sunday Seattle Times, Misha Berson offers up a smart analysis of current trends in political theater:
“Few people attend theater to be lectured at, browbeaten or hectored about what they already believe — or choose not to believe. But plays triggered by contentious, newsworthy events of our day don’t have to be dry or message-mongering. And just as the 2006 Oscar race was dominated by quality films pondering race relations, gay rights, the geopolitics of oil and terrorism, so is topical stage drama making a quiet but palpable comeback locally, for the first time in a long while. “
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Mickey Birnbaum
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