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Subject: Theater Update: Drama as Protest: 'Our Complacency Is Dangerous'
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View in Browser | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. Wednesday, January 25, 2017 NYTimes.com/Theater » Wednesday, January 25, 2017 Players in "Evening at the Talk House." Photographs by Tawni Bannister for The New York Times Drama as Protest: 'Our Complacency Is Dangerous' By ALEXIS SOLOSKI For actors in the American premiere of Wallace Shawn's 2015 play, much changed after the election. ADVERTISEMENT Reviews August Wilson's 'Jitney' Magnifies Marginalized Souls By BEN BRANTLEY With soaring language and an improvisatory jazz spirit, Ruben Santiago-Hudson's revival brings lives shaped by privation to throbbing life. In 'The Tempest,' Liberation and Exhilaration By BEN BRANTLEY Set in a women's prison, this production is the third and last installment of the director Phyllida Lloyd's series of Shakespeare plays for Donmar Warehouse. 'Tell Hector I Miss Him' Sketches Love and Addiction in Puerto Rico By CHARLES ISHERWOOD Paola Lázaro's play, at the Atlantic Theater Company, assembles a crew of vivid characters on a San Juan street corner. An 'Orange Julius' Bond Is Complicated By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES Memory, gender and fantasy blend in this play about a Vietnam veteran and his offspring. 'The Oregon Trail' Traverses Tough Terrain in Two Different Eras By ALEXIS SOLOSKI This play by Bekah Brunstetter ("Oohrah!") follows a teenager in the 1990s through early adulthood, and a pioneer girl in the 1800s. Both are named Jane. Critics' Picks 'Made in China,' With Romance, Polemics and Puppets By CHARLES ISHERWOOD The Devil Went Down to Chelsea to See 'Prudencia Hart' By BEN BRANTLEY '[Porto]' Features a Bar Regular Looking for Love By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES In 'Dear Evan Hansen,' a Lonely Teenager, a Viral Lie and a Breakout Star By CHARLES ISHERWOOD ADVERTISEMENT News and Features Poster Perfect: The Art of James McMullan By ERIK PIEPENBURG Mr. McMullan unearths some of his never-before-seen theater posters to demonstrate how he created each work, from early studies to final versions. Distraught Yet Upbeat, Broadway Stars Give 'Concert for America' By MICHAEL PAULSON On Inauguration Day, performers in New York looked to the future and raised money for causes like civil liberties and women's health. A Playwright Who Puts Her Demons, and Family, to Work By ELYSA GARDNER In "Tell Hector I Miss Him," the young Puerto Rican playwright Paola Lázaro draws on intense personal experiences to create very human characters. FOLLOW THEATER FACEBOOK @nytimestheater Get more NYTimes.com newsletters » | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps for just $0.99. Subscribe » ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Theater Update newsletter.  Privacy Policy | Contact | Advertise Copyright 2017 The New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018