Monthly Archives: February 2024

Thoughts on “Aristocrats” and “Appropriate”

Posted on February 27, 2024 by dgsweet

Brian Friel’s Aristocrats is set in Ireland and Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’s Appropriate is set in the American South, but they have similar things in mind. Aristocrats takes place in and near a crumbling Irish manor house. Appropriate takes place in a … Continue reading →

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Review: “Jonah”

Posted on February 5, 2024 by dgsweet

I recommend Rachel Bonds’s new play Jonah (currently playing at the Roundabout’s off-Broadway venue) despite the fact that it doesn’t quite work for me. But I often get something valuable out of plays that I don’t think work. Despite the … Continue reading →

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