Jesse Green
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Review: In ‘Oratorio for Living Things,’ the Song Is You
Heather Christian’s rapturous new music-theater work turns a tiny amphitheater into a vast cathedral of sound.
Review: In ‘Black No More,’ Race Is Skin Deep, but Racism Isn’t
A new musical imagines the invention of a decolorizing process. Will it save Black Americans from hatred or destroy them?
‘MJ’ Review: Michael Jackson Musical Won’t Look in the Mirror
A new jukebox musical tells the story of Michael Jackson. Except for the big story.
Review: In ‘Intimate Apparel,’ Letting the Seamstress Sing
Lynn Nottage’s play about a Black woman in 1905 becomes an opera, with music by Ricky Ian Gordon, that forefronts voices ignored by history.