"Permission" is Too Self-Indulgent
Everything, including playwrights, gets branded these days. And Robert Askins has glommed onto what's turning out to be a surprisingly marketable one: he's the "religion guy." Hand to God, his play that centers around the members of a church puppet ministry, is up for four Tony awards, including Best Play. Permission, his latest work which is being given a world premiere at the Lucille Lortel Theatre by MCC, dea…