Perspective: Events like the striking down of the right to abortion change the way we see history and drama unfold on America’s stages.
This idea was brought home to me once again this past week, as art and life intermingled in ways that freshly illuminated both. The convergence carried a stinging irony, because a time-honored work for the stage that had been radically transformed seemed suddenly in bitter conversation with the radical act of a time-honored institution.of a woman’s right to choose, a right considered constitutionally guaranteed by generations of women, many of whom have known no other reality.
was not just another musical retread. As staged by the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., the inspired, Broadway-bound revival has as its pivotal conceit a roster of male figures from history played entirely by female, nonbinary and transgender actors.It struck me now that the performance I attended, on June 9, took place on a different planet. At the time, the tale of the haggling over and adoption of the Declaration of Independence felt like other savvy coups de théâtre.
In this regard, it also struck me anew how ardently theater has been trying to tell us where we stand as a country — a responsibility that has gained momentum at the very time when forces are at work driving the country apart. It’s a niche art form, for sure: Theater can’t touch the influence of a streaming service or a TV network. But it often has a finger on the pulse of the nation more cannily than any other type of art.
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