Email Author Jacob Gallagher-Ross

2013 Stories by Jacob Gallagher-Ross

• The Hotel Colors: Lost in Transition

  published May 8, 2013

  When you go home after living abroad, you inevitably leave part of yourself behind. If you were living in a different language, there are zesty... More >>

• Act of Will: Brustein Visits Shakespeare’s Retirement Home

  published April 17, 2013

  What did Shakespeare think about during his fallow final years? The playwright’s retirement remains a mystery. We find it hard to imagine... More >>

• Macbeth: Psyched Out

  published April 17, 2013

  Macbeth is one of the loneliest characters Shakespeare ever wrote. He sacrifices everything to his ravenous ambition—sleep, friendship,... More >>

• Henry IV, Part 1: Big Fat Questions

  published March 6, 2013

  Everybody loves Falstaff. The rotund knight—his appetite for life as large as his corpulent body, his respect for truth and conventional... More >>

• Isaac's Eye Spies a Lonely Genius

  published February 13, 2013

  When you imagine the exploits of the young Isaac Newton, cartoon graphics of falling apples and a fortuitous knock on the noggin might come to... More >>

• The Suit Might Need a Tailor

  published January 23, 2013

  Watching Peter Brook’s version of The Suit—now playing at BAM—is a bit like encountering an appealing handcrafted item... More >>

• Midsummer Arrives Midwinter

  published January 16, 2013

  If you chanced upon David Greig’s Midsummer after a hard day’s Fringing, you might think you’d lucked into a gem.... More >>