James Armstrong, Playwright

It was a little over 100 years ago that the Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek died, leaving his satirical novel  The Good Soldier Švejk unfinishe...

Recently I was at Westsider Books , hoping to pick up some--you know--books, when I got distracted by the vinyl records they had, including ...

Today there were protests all across the United States in support of immigrants, so I wanted to blog about some of the great American drama...

I just watched the 1954 television version of A Christmas Carol  adapted by the playwright Maxwell Anderson. You would think I would have ...

I recently finished reading Joseph Roach's book It , which traces stardom from Restoration England to the celebrities of the present day...

Last night I saw Classic Stage Company's production of Brecht's  A Man's a Man . Duncan Sheik provided the music for the songs, ...

Many of the revolts against Realism have been elitist in nature. They were preformed in small theatres for a select group of artists and t...