The story of Shakespeare is eternally appealing, because we want to know what confluence of circumstances, or divine blessing, could produce such a towering figure.

Well crafted stories about the “disabled experience” are still new, and too few-and-far between.

Like all the best historical narratives, “Oslo” shows the intense fragility and contingency of human affairs

I will be glad to get some sleep when our “Julius Caesar” closes this Saturday, and I can stop living the fevered life of Casca the conspirator.

"Sweat" tells the story of steelworkers whose long friendship unravels as their livelihood is threatened by free trade and immigration.

It’s not that Mr. Comey told a bunch of lies and covered them up with a prize-winning performance. It’s that facts can sound like lies when you tell them under pressure. Mr. Comey, who has had experience testifying before Congress, didn’t buckle to the pressure.