Athol Fugard

The Train Driver

My Children! My Africa! People, Pain, Politics

An Athol Fugard revival shows one agony ending so another can begin

This Week in the Voice: Schools Need Education in Gay Bullying

This week in the Voice, out today, Jessica Lussenhop looks at schools' failure to address gay bullying but notes the paradigm shift in discipline: "Gay kids have long been a target of bullying. Until recently, incidents could be laughed off as 'pranks,' and no one suffered any consequences, save for ... More >>

Blood Knot: Of Place and Race

Fugard's classic inaugurates a new theatrical meeting ground

This Week in the Voice: Andy Warhol's New York, 25 Years On

​This week in the Voice, out today, Camille Dodero writes about Andy Warhol's New York, and what it looks like more than two decades after the Pope of Pop's death: "In other words, 25 years ago, the famous man who had famously written his own script finally had it taken away. New York City is, ... More >>

The Road to Mecca: Karoo for You

Rosemary Harris stars in the Roundabout's Fugard revival

The Road To Mecca Leads To Broadway

You might know her as the old lady in the Spider-Man movies, but theater aficionados have long treasured Rosemary Harris as the Tony-winning presence from The Lion in Winter, Heartbreak House, two productions of The Royal Family, and too many other classics to mention. At 84, she's at the top of he ... More >>

The Road to Mecca

Elaine May! Stacy Keach! Otto Preminger! It's the 1971 Obies!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 27, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 21 27 Receive 'Obies' for '70-'71 By Clark Whelton The 16th annual Village Voice Off-Broadway theatre awards were presented last Monday night. A crowd of 700 gathered in the Village Gate to cheer the 27 winn ... More >>

Sizwe Banzi Is Dead Remains Alive

A great play bids its farewell at BAM

Tuesday

PLAYING POLITICS

An African play with universal appeal

Spring Theater Preview: The Sound and the Fury, An Idiot's Tale

ERS follows up Fitzgerald with Faulkner

Baby Steps

Guns for diapers: Kidnapping leads to thug's turnaround

Playing Politics

Fugard Builds an Allegory; Feiffer Deconstructs the Old Left

Touched by an Anglo

Listen to the Words; What They Don't Say Is Vital

Listings

Dispersoned Places

Let's Fake a Deal

Couples Therapy

Darkness Visible

Iffy Situations