The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
Off Broadway, Transport Group at Abrons Arts Center
Reviewed by Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: A brilliant revival of an always timely play that asks what it means to actively affirm human life and human dignity.
When poet Mary Oliver died last month, a line from one of her poems went viral: “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” it asked. It’s an important question, one that The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, a 1971 play by Jesuit priest/poet/activist Daniel Berrigan, does not hesitate to answer...
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Theasy is again covering the 2018 Fringe Festival
The NY International Fringe Festival runs October 1 - 31, 2018.
FringeNYC runs October 12 -28.
We will be reviewing many of the shows in the festival.