Berkshire on Stage

ILLINOIS JUNE 23 – JULY 2 at the Fisher Center at Bard College, Manor Avenue, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY Three brilliantly imaginative artists—Justin Peck, Sufjan Stevens, and Jackie Sibblies Drury—unite to create an ecstatic pageant of storytelling, theater, dance, and live music. Stevens’ 2005 concept album Illinois enjoys cult status for its lush orchestrations…

by Barbara Waldinger The title explains it all.  Rachel Lynett has written a powerful and controversial attack against white liberals who think they understand Black people but whose marches and protests against racism accomplish nothing beyond making themselves feel better.  For a white reviewer like myself to evaluate this work…