Economics Makes Strange Bedfellows in Cost of Living
Martyna Majok’s 2018 Pulitzer winner, Cost of Living, has finally arrived on Broadway, and don’t be fooled by the Hallmark-esque advertisements or the Enya-sounding New Age music that plays between scenes: This is a remarkable (and remarkably unsentimental) look at who we are, what we have, and what we’re able to be for ourselves and others. It’s the kind of play that feels too real and too quietly observed for a landscape insistent on broad emotional swings and easy politicization.
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Rushed Storytelling Robs ‘The Kite Runner’ of Its Emotional Impact
A good story is something you enjoy. A great story stays with you and echoes through the ages. Khaled Hosseini’s semi-autobiographical novel The Kite Runner is certainly a great story. Spanning across decades and continents, its labyrinth of interwoven threads tugs at your heartstrings with every twist. Matthew Spangler’s stage adaptation of Hosseini’s eponymous novel […]
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