Theater critics Jacquinn Sinclair and Ed Siegel selected their favorite theater productions from the year, including David Byrne s American Utopia, Ma Rainey s Black Bottom on Netflix, Mala from the Huntington Theatre Company and Hamilton, which is available to stream on Disney+. (Courtesy)
Theater gave up what many consider its essence in 2020 the communality of gathering together to experience the benediction of artistic expression along with the challenge of confronting our inner demons and social transgressions together.
That didn’t, however, stop artists from bringing us together in unique digitally-enhanced groupings, often through Zoom. ARTery critic at large Ed Siegel found himself sitting on a jury with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jessica Hecht in “State vs. Natasha Banina” from the Arlekin Players while ARTery theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair had a one-on-one telephone experience curled under her dining room table in the dark in “Baby Jessica’s Well-Made P