Reviewing theater from Broadway to the Fringe since 1994
Interview by Kilian Melloy Harper Lee’s extraordinary 1960 novel To Kill A Mockingbird made waves upon publication that continue to this day. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961; it was adapted into a now-classic film in 1962; it has been a fixture on middle and high school reading lists for generations. It has…
Interview by Kilian Melloy Knights who say “Ni.” A killer rabbit. Incantations over a “holy hand grenade.” An extemporaneous lecture about class divisions and the exploitation of workers. It’s all wrapped up in Arthurian legend, show-stopping production numbers, and the blend of philosophical erudition and left-field silliness that has made British comedy troupe Monty Python…
Johnny Shea chatted with Theater Mirror about the musical’s evergreen themes of othering and acceptance, and about finding the light (and the laughs) in an absurdist story filled with drama and darkness.
Theater veteran Ezra Knight has trod the boards on Broadway for decades in everything from Othello to Mean Girls and Pretty Woman, not to mention a long list of credits off-Broadway, on television, and in film. Even on a Zoom call, Knight brings a quality of presence that feels right for Solomon, a larger-than-life figure whose stature casts a shadow full of all-too-human complexities. Knight shared his insights into his character, the play, and the themes to which Jenkins-Jacobs is writing in Purpose.
