Rick On Theater

My unmediated impressions and thoughts on, especially, theater and other topics of interest to me.

07 October 2016

Cultural Appropriation

[The concept of “cultural appropriation,” the adoption or use of elements of one culture by members of another culture, is an idea that’s g...

02 October 2016

Dispatches from Israel 9

by Helen Kaye [I’ve published many articles by my friend Helen Kaye, aka Helen Eleasari, including eight previous selections of her r...

27 September 2016

Now, Live, The Non-Beatles

by Kirk Woodward [As veteran ROT ters know by now, Kirk Woodward is a longtime friend and a major contributor to this blog. I can’t eve...

22 September 2016

'School of Rock – The Musical'

[As has occasionally happened on ROT , the coverage of the press response has swelled my report on School of Rock – The Musical beyond my ...

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About Me

Rick: After college and the army, I studied acting and theater; I have an MFA in Acting and uncompleted Ph.D. in Performance Studies (ABD). I have worked as an actor, director, dramaturg/literary advisor, critic/reviewer, essayist, editor, and teacher of theater and acting (studio/conservatory, college, high school, and middle school). Several years ago, some theater friends who don't live in New York anymore asked me to keep them informed about what I see and I began sending them detailed, opinionated e-mails.

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