Howard Fishman explains why, in an age in which a gun can be made with a 3D printer and a reality TV Star can become US President, we need art that feels “like getting slapped in the face, but in a good way”.
At the conclusion of “[50/50] Old School Animation,” part of this year’s Under the Radar Festival, at the Public Theatre, I lingered in the lobby, hoping for a little postgame discussion with a friend I’d bumped into before the show. He and I tend to have divergent tastes in theatre, and I wondered whether, in this case, the pattern would hold true. He was nowhere to be seen... Keep reading on New Yorker
At the conclusion of “[50/50] Old School Animation,” part of this year’s Under the Radar Festival, at the Public Theatre, I lingered in the lobby, hoping for a little postgame discussion with a friend I’d bumped into before the show. He and I tend to have divergent tastes in theatre, and I wondered whether, in this case, the pattern would hold true. He was nowhere to be seen... Keep reading on New Yorker