Editor’s note: Each season, Hap Erstein heads to New York to see the new plays and musicals in advance of the Tony Awards, which are scheduled for this Sunday. All things considered, it was a good Broadway season for new plays, which are generally thought of as unwelcome compared to musicals. An epic play of the Irish Troubles, The Ferryman, has had a healthy eight-month … [Read more...]
Strong female characters get numerous Oscar nods
A mute cleaning lady at a Cold War aerospace facility who falls in love with a sea creature. An outraged mother who uses outdoor advertising to shame the police into finding her daughter’s killer. A young woman coming of college age, butting heads with her overprotective mom. The nation’s first female publisher of a major daily newspaper deciding whether to risk it all for … [Read more...]