Narratives don't get much more contested than that of Nat Turner, the leader of the infamous slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831. To begin with, our knowledge of the events…
Nearly two centuries after he led a slave revolt, Nat Turner is having a proverbial cultural "moment"
Nat Turner in Jerusalem, a new play by Nathan Alan Davis at New York Theatre Workshop, is yet another retelling of Nat Turner's 1831 slave insurrection, a story that has been told and retold…
It's a sad comment on both human nature and American nature that we never seem to learn our lessons properly the first time.
Nat Turner in Jerusalem, a new play by Nathan Alan Davis at New York Theatre Workshop, is yet another retelling of Nat Turner's 1831 slave insurrection, a story that has been told and retold…
Nathan Alan Davis' play imagines Nat Turner during the final night in his jail cell.
Nathan Alan Davis' play imagines Nat Turner during the final night in his jail cell.
interview by MICHAEL VAN DUZER This season, Theatricum Botanicum presents a new production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Ellen Geer, the company's Artistic Director and director of the…
The Off-Broadway theatre has announced complete casting for the first two productions of the season.
Sprawling over three acts, "Jerusalem" has the chewy, muscular language of a work by Eugene O'Neill.
On his first trip to Israel in 1993, a 25-year-old Aaron Davidman kissed the tarmac at the Ben Gurion airport, the asphalt burning his lips.
Royal Court, LondonAbout half a mile down from the Little Chef on the A14, a giant chats about building Stonehenge. In a Wiltshire glade at dawn, teenage girls tumble bug-eyed and doped-up f…
Jez Butterworth's drama adds four weeks to its Chicago run.
Apart from the third act, where some real action occurs, Profiles Theatre's 'Jerusalem' by Jez Butterworth consists mainly of hearing drugged-out characters tell stories. At 3 hours, the pla…
|| REVIEW "Wrestling Jerusalem" is Aaron Davidman's beguiling report on his travels through Israel.
Aaron Davidman's play about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict trusts in the power of the human voice and the capacity of the human heart.
By Sandi Durell "It's complicated" " the perfect statement to open Aaron Davidman's one-man journey through and about the Israeli and Palestinian conflict.…
Dudu Fisher In Jerusalem Museum of Jewish Heritage Although I am a devout Catholic, I have also always felt very at home within the Jewish community, and certainly believe that to be a good …
by Myra Chanin Dudu Fisher is a class act, and an international one at that. He's run the gamut from a illustrious career as a cantor at the at the Tel Aviv's Gre…
By: Paulanne Simmons When your first name is Dudu and you're addressing an English-speaking audience, explanations are in order. Therefore, at the very top of Jerusalem, the concert Dudu Fi…
Profiles Theatre goes into the woods with Jez Butterworth's sprawling drama.
St. George's Day is what passes for a nationalist day in England, but, in practice, it is the province of nerds and eccentrics: Morris dancers, historical re-enactors, neo-dragon slayers and…
The Tony Award-nominated play starts its run tonight.
Davidson's solo show will play a limited engagement.