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ARTS & CULTURE

PROSPECT.

Actresses all dressed in colorful outfits of baby blue and dark red sit in various seats on a 1930s themed stage.

Chaos is a hair trigger away in Theatre Intime’s ‘Fefu and Her Friends’

While at first glance Theatre Intime’s production of “Fefu of Her Friends” is the story of a group of middle-aged women working together on a charity project, there’s far more than meets the eye. The tensions among its characters — from the titular character’s fascination with the revulsive to a literal Chekov’s gun that may or may not be loaded — permeate the alt-aesthetic stage from the very start. 

While at first glance Theatre Intime’s production of “Fefu of Her Friends” is the story of a group of middle-aged women working together on a charity project, there’s far more than meets the eye. The tensions among its characters — from the titular character’s fascination with the revulsive to a literal Chekov’s gun that may or may not be loaded — permeate the alt-aesthetic stage from the very start. 

THE PROSPECT | December 2

A multi-floor building with dark blue windows on a lawn with a row of trees on either side.

‘Chile, look at where she is’: Patricia Smith wins National Book Award for Poetry

Contributing writer for The Prospect Michael Grasso details Princeton professor in creative writing Patricia Smith’s acceptance of the National Book Award for Poetry for her book “The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems.”

Contributing writer for The Prospect Michael Grasso details Princeton professor in creative writing Patricia Smith’s acceptance of the National Book Award for Poetry for her book “The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems.”

THE PROSPECT | November 24

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Triangle’s ‘Aisle Be Damned’ shows it’s the fun that matters, not the point

This is the third year of the Editor-in-Chief’s review of the Triangle show, a recently revived tradition with little to no trace of its prior existence. This review is not entirely satirical and sadly not at all fictional, though it does discuss fiction. But nonetheless, it is definitely not serious.

This is the third year of the Editor-in-Chief’s review of the Triangle show, a recently revived tradition with little to no trace of its prior existence. This review is not entirely satirical and sadly not at all fictional, though it does discuss fiction. But nonetheless, it is definitely not serious.

THE PROSPECT | November 18