Play by Play: Theater Essays and Reviews, 1993-2002 (Limelight) Review

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(More customer reviews)Play By Play: Theater Essays & Reviews, 1993-2002 is a collection of essays and reviews by Jonathan Kalb, a winner of the George Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism. From offering a disparagingly sharp view of the state of current theater criticism, dubbed "Critical Mess"; to a thoughtful appraisal of the work of Samuel Beckett; to the latest trends of Broadway musicals, Play By Play: Theater Essays & Reviews, 1993-2002 is offers an engaging and significant read which is strongly recommended for the contemporary Broadway Theater enthusiast.

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For more than 15 years Jonathan Kalb has been asingularly perceptive commentator on American and Europeantheate. These essays and reviews, by the 1991 winner of the GeorgeNathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, set a new standard for theaterwriting today. This collection begins with a brave and piercingappraisal of the state of current theater criticism, in a section Kalbcharacteristically calls "Critical Mess." He goes on to revisitthe work of Samuel Beckett, as performed in well-meaning efforts tobring it to a new, wider (TV) audience; to consider today's politicaltheater, particularly in the flourishing form of one-person shows; toexplore the theatrical landscape of a reunited Germany, where theBerliner Ensemble is no longer a showcase for the East, and finally tocover what's going on back home in New York--everything from "The LionKing" and "Dame Edna" to plays of David Mamet and Arthur Miller (newand old) and to the latest trends in the Broadway musical.

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