Henry IV: Do we need two Shakespeare plays about him?

by Steve Cohen Henry IV by Shakespeare. Stratford-upon-Avon, 2014. * Why care about Shakespeare’s histories? So many hours, so many characters, so many details, so long ago. That’s a set-up rhetorical question, of course, and you know my answer. The Bard’s motive clearly was to engender sympathy for the ancestors…

Stella and Lou alone in South Philly

Stella and Lou confronts the quandary of aging people who are lonely but afraid to risk the uncertainties of new relationships. Bruce Graham’s tender play is an intimate story about simple people, yet it reaches unexpectedly powerful emotional depths. The locale is an important element, and James F. Pyne Jr’s set magnificently defines it.

We are in a small South …

Adam Guettel Keeps Changing Chords

I became friendly with Adam Guettel and wrote this story in 1999. To my regret, he has produced only one theatrical musical since then. Here is a glance back, as I continue to yearn for new chords from his creative mind.  — Steve Cohen

Adam Guettel stood on the brink of a great career at the dawn of the 21…

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