Broadway has issues

Check out my article on Salon , in which I take a look back on the 2006-07 Broadway season in terms of political theater. And this week in TONY, Adam Feldman and I offer our Tony Award predictions. Also, from last week, my review of The Eaten Heart, a beguiling and technically ingenious new play by the Debate Society, a troupe I've just happily entered into the rolls of theater companies, left. The show ends this Saturday. Worth seeing.

Comments

[Mark]

Congratulations on the Salon article David--it's great to see your work in a longer format.

One question: why no mention of Dying City?

[David Cote]

Thanks Mark! The emphasis of the article was on Broadway, but you're right, that was an oversight. I was trying to juggle several balls, Dying City was on my many lists and notes, but somehow never made it into the final text. I also overlooked Caryl Churchill when I name-checked Brit political playwrights. I also omitted mentioning the Rachel Corrie affair, and Walter A. Davis' fascinating polemic inspired by it, Art and Politics but that was a conscious choice, since I didn't feel like I had the space and still haven't fully processed Davis' book. This article was part survey, part analysis, a tricky balance.

I do regret the Dying City omission, though.

[Mark]

Cool. I don't know if this would be OK with Salon (maybe they "own" the piece now), but it would be cool to see an even longer version of this piece at some point with the additions you mention.

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Thanks for the link, it's worth seeing. Political theater really take a new step these days. I just can't believe art and science can be combined.

-peter