The Theatre
Long Journey
By Hilton Als
The lauded actress discusses her performance opposite Gabriel Byrne in Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night.”
Life and Letters
Immediate Family
By Hilton Als
Balancing pathos with philosophy, Nelson has created a new kind of classicism, queer in content and elegant in shape.
The Theatre
My Old Sweetheart
By Hilton Als
The play “Blackbird,” starring Jeff Daniels and Michelle Williams, shows the damage caused by a man’s affair with a twelve-year-old girl.
The Theatre
New Direction
By Hilton Als
His singular vision finds new emotional realness in standard works. This month he directs “The Effect,” at the Barrow Street Theatre.
The Theatre
Betrothed
By Hilton Als
Danai Gurira’s fantastically well-realized “Familiar” explores an immigrant experience that is seldom portrayed.
The Theatre
The Night Crawlers
By Hilton Als
His last one-act play, “Hughie,” shows how you can be held captive by the guilt you feel at being alive.
The Theatre
Poetry in Motion
By Hilton Als
The Civilians, a Brooklyn-based theatre collective, adapts the poet’s translations of the French renegade’s work.
The Theatre
Bookworms
By Hilton Als
An adaptation of the epic novel “2666” asks, How much can we know about any life, beyond its metaphors—its myths, its storytelling, its lies?
The Theatre
Dirty Rotten Scoundrel
By Hilton Als
This musical, based on a short novel by Eudora Welty and directed by Alex Timbers, doesn’t shy away from depicting the shadowy areas of life.
Culture Desk
Postscript: Liz Swados (1951-2016)
By Hilton Als
The theatre artist told stories about survival, but not at the expense of wonder, hope, and the dream of inclusion.