The flooding disaster in the Hill Country of Texas early this month generated weeks of news coverage. Stories of tragic deaths and heroic rescues; investigations into the state’s early-warning syst…| Richard Zoglin
The most acclaimed play of this Broadway season – winner of the Tony award for best play, as well as the Pulitzer Prize – was Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Purpose. I found the drama, about tensions in t…| Richard Zoglin
The spring rush of Broadway openings is over, the Tony nominations are out, and I have a lot of catching up to do. (I haven’t been idle: my Opinion piece on Broadway’s championing of D.E.I. r…| Richard Zoglin
About a year ago, after a theatergoing trip to London, I wrote in praise of Operation Mincemeat, the delightful West End musical about a bizarre (but true) World War II espionage plo…| Richard Zoglin
Like so many legacy publications, Time Magazine — where I worked for more than 25 years — is struggling to survive in the digital age. As readers and advertisers move inexorably online, Time issues…| Richard Zoglin
On Tuesday, Jan. 7, in his first show back after a two-week holiday hiatus, Seth Meyers confessed a stark feeling of déjà vu. He and his writers had put together an entire script for his opening “A…| Richard Zoglin
In a Broadway fall season dominated by musicals, it was nice to see two new straight plays sneak in before the end of the year. Both come from playwrights new to Broadway; both are relatively modest productions without big-name stars (though with several familiar stage vets, including Mare Winningham, Bill Irwin, and Jessica Hecht); and … Continue reading Can Two Modest Straight Plays Succeed on Broadway? One Should→| Richard Zoglin
There wasn’t much talk of politics at my Thanksgiving dinner. Almost everyone there (like-minded Trump haters all) was simply too bummed out by the election to want to dwell on it. That left me to …| Richard Zoglin
Like a lot of Democrats, I’m getting nervous, as the polls show the Presidential race tightening to a virtual dead heat, just a week away from the election. What’s so dismaying is that Donald Trump is narrowing the gap even as his rhetoric grows more bizarre, delusional, and dangerous by the day — from Haitian immigrants … Continue reading Election Nerves: Could Kamala Have Done Better?→| Richard Zoglin
Last week I finished up my most concentrated siege of moviegoing of the year: the Hamptons International Film Festival, an 11-day showcase for international festival winners, Hollywood Oscar hopefuls, and a potpourri of indie features and documentaries, both foreign and domestic. I should probably rave here about my favorite film of the festival: Emilia Perez, a … Continue reading Back to the ’70s, Sweet and Sour→| Richard Zoglin
Las Vegas has been on a roll lately. The gambling-and-entertainment capital is suddenly the hottest sports town in America: home to the former Oakland Raiders in football, soon the Oakland A’s in b…| Richard Zoglin