Let Me Down Easy

Gains And Losses

Anna Deavere Smith | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Rwanda, New Orleans, One-Woman Show, Let Me Down Easy, AIDS Activism, Africa, Resilience, Rwandan Genocide, Anna Deavere Smith, Hurricane Katrina, Capetown, Video, Black Voices News
Anna Deavere Smith

When I conducted my research for my latest one-woman show, Let Me Down Easy, I was concerned by images I saw of Black African people in distress in major U.S. publications. Were these photos engendering action, or merely pity or worst apathy?

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Let Me Down Easy

Yazmany Arboleda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, New York, America, Dying, Entertainment, Let Me Down Easy, Broadway, Anna Deavere Smith, Yazmany Arboleda, Theater, Art, Second Stage Theater, Health Care, Death, Entertainment News
Yazmany Arboleda

At a time of debate around "death panels", Anna Deavere Smith brings to life a rich, diverse range of perspectives on how we live and die in America today.

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Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers is Important Stage Documentary

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom, Brian Kelly, Larry Bryggman, George Wilson, Katharine Graham, The Power of Yes, George W. Bush, Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, Ben Bradlee, Via Dolorosa, Lucy Prebble, New York Theatre Workshop, Peter Strauss, Richard Nixon, All the President's Men, Anna Deavere Smith, Fire in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Matt McGrath, Jack Gilpin, L. A. Theatre Works, Enron, The New York Times, Neil Sheehan, Susan Albert Loewenberg, Daniel Ellsberg, Larry Pine, H. R. Haldeman, David Hare, The Exonerated, John Mitchell, Let Me Down Easy, Kathryn Meisle, The Washington Post, Brooklyn and Other Identities, Entertainment News
David Finkle

The intent behind these stage documentaries is to inform. Although billed as plays, these theatrical entries aren't that. They're news reports outfitted with theatrical accoutrements.

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