The comparison is pungent but inapt: Archival work is not death work. Likewise, a play is not a museum. That’s part of why, while admiring Tectonic’s intentions and technique in “Blueberries” — not for nothing was it recently named a finali...
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Review: A New Lens on Auschwitz in ‘Here There Are Blueberries’
Review: ‘Here There Are Blueberries’ Studies Holiday Photos from Hell
For a historian or student of World War II, such details will not be surprising—or new. Audiences who prefer a dramatic treatment of similar material can stream Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, which fixes an unnervingly calm eye on the ho...
HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES: A NEW, INVALUABLE HOLOCAUST STAGE DOCUMENTARY
Presented without an intermission – clearly, Kaufman wants no interruption of the mounting intensity – the documentary is an invaluable addition to Holocaust literature. It’s made even more so by the excellent ensemble, all conveying the Tecton...
Here There Are Blueberries Theater Review. The Holocaust through a different lens
Taube eventually takes up as a personal mission to contact and convince other relatives, as it turns out, to little avail. The scenes with these others, in avoidance or in denial, are among the most difficult – until the end, when the show moves fr...
‘Here There Are Blueberries’ Off Broadway Review: Revisiting Another ‘Zone of Interest’
Kaufman and Gronich’s play was recently made a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in drama. It is yet another example of a work of art being awarded for its subject matter, not its execution. That said, the photographs are worth a visit to the New Yor...
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