Scholars Behind Bars

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 9, 2017July 5, 2018 Books, Plays

Click Here to Read: Scholars Behind Bars: Review of: College in Prison: Reading in an Age of Mass Incarceration by Daniel Karpowitz and Liberating Minds: The Case for College in Prison by Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Reviewed by Jonathan Zimmerman in The New York Review of Books on February 23, 2017 Issue.

Anna Deavere Smith in Notes from the Field, her play about American education and the criminal justice system, which she performed at the American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, before the production came to New York

Broadway Cast of ‘God Of Vengeance’ Arrested on Obscenity Charges

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 15, 2017July 6, 2018 Plays

Click Here to Read: Broadway Cast of ‘God Of Vengeance’ Arrested on Obscenity Charges on the Forward website on January 14, 2017.

The article about the arrest of the cast of “God of Vengeance” on obscenity charges has been translated from the Yiddish by Chana Pollack from the March 7, 1923 edition of the Forverts.

Shakespeare study turns into a comedy of errors

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 2, 2017July 6, 2018 Books, Plays

Click Here to Read: Shakespeare study turns into a comedy of errors by Jonathan Bate in the London Times on January 2 2017.

Inside the Actors’ Dream Studio

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 1, 2017July 6, 2018 Plays

Click Here to Read: Inside the Actors’ Dream Studio: Actors talk about when their onstage roles become entwined with their dream lives By Finn Cohen in The New York Times on December 29, 2016.

Lin-Manuel Miranda on President Trump

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 27, 2016 Editorials, Music, Plays

Click Here to Read: Lin-Manuel Miranda on President Trump: ‘I Know What I’m Going to Fight for in the Years to Come’: The lyrical genius reflects on his huge year, including his Oscar-worthy tunes in ‘Moana,’ the otherworldly success of ‘Hamilton,’ and his show’s message to VP-elect Mike Pence by Marlow Stern on the Daily Beast website on December 27, 2016.

Folksbiene Comes To Broadway: In a first, the Yiddish theater company will produce ‘Indecent’ at the Cort

By Tamar SchwartzDecember 7, 2016 Plays

Click Here to Read: Folksbiene Comes To Broadway: In a first, the Yiddish theater company will produce ‘Indecent’ at the Cort by Sandee Brawarsky in the Jewish Week on December 6, 2016.

Scene from Paula Vogel’s ‘Indecent’ based on Sholem Asch’s “God of Vengeance,” which is headed for Broadway, Carol Rosseg

Teenagers Grapple With Their Demons in ‘Wilderness’

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 27, 2016 Plays

Click Here to Read: Review: Teenagers Grapple With Their Demons in ‘Wilderness’ By Charles Isherwood in The New York Times on October 26, 2016.

Welker White, center, plays Mom in “Wilderness” at Abrons Arts Center. CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times

Review: A Portrait of Living With Mental Illness in ‘The Pen’

By Tamar SchwartzOctober 20, 2016 Plays

Click Here to Read: Review: A Portrait of Living With Mental Illness in ‘The Pen’ By Laura Collins-Hughes in The New York Times on October 18, 2016,

Nancy Anderson in “The Pen,” part of the “Inner Voices” program at TBG Theater.

CAROL ROSEGG

God of Vengeance To Be Staged in Yiddish

By Tamar SchwartzAugust 30, 2016 Plays

Click Here to Read: God of Vengeance To Be Staged in Yiddish by Olivia Clement on the PlayBill website on June 17, 2016.
The cast of Indecent (Carol Rosegg)

Avi Hoffman discusses Yiddish take on Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

By Tamar SchwartzAugust 26, 2016 Plays

Click Here to Read: Avi Hoffman discusses Yiddish take on Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman by
Brad Wheeler in The Globe and Mail on August 25, 2016.