Opinion & Essay

John Guare's "Lydie Breeze Trilogy," about a Civil War nurse and the men she draws into her life's adventures, comes to an end.

Waiting while black. That’s what I’ll be doing until there’s justice for two black men who were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks while waiting for a friend.

The bottom line is this: The rights of individuals to live free from fear that friends and family might be the next victim of senseless gun violence should be paramount.

Trump said this morning that James Comey is "a weak and untruthful slime ball." What a way to start the day.

The Iraq War’s disastrous aftermath offered my younger self a harsh lesson: Our great and generous nation can be ruled — and also diminished — by mediocre men.

Five short plays — three of them super-short plays — and a mystifying title for their grouping.

These kids didn’t spring suddenly from nowhere. They’ve been watching us, learning from our countless, self-imposed mistakes. I can’t wait to follow them into the future.

As we bid a faux-fond farewell to Paul Ryan, who has parachuted from the flaming Republican plane, let’s give credit where credit i ...

At Quintessence Theatre, the females in the cast seize the production by the sheer dint of their acting.

Merging his personas, actor became wildly successful by playing himself, inserted into popular franchises that needed a boost.

Whenever I ponder the despicable impotence of the congressional Republicans — especially now, as we lurch toward a national crisis long ...

In the U.S., we’re engaging in a method of eugenics by reducing populations of babies prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome.

We shouldn’t have to wait for another Dylann Roof before our leaders denounce anti-Muslim hate groups, which are every bit as reprehensible as anti-black ones.

As dawn broke this morning, the ranter-in-chief tweeted his first lie of the new day: "Attorney-client privilege is dead!"