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This Collection Begins With A Brave And Piercing Appraisal Of The State Of Current Theater Criticism In A Section Kalb Characteristically Calls “Critical Mess.” He Goes On To Revisit The Work Of Samuel Beckett As Performed In Well-Meaning Efforts To Bring It To A New Wider (Tv) Audience; To Consider Today'S Political Theater Particularly In The Flourishing Form Of One-Person Shows; To Explore The Theatrical Landscape Of A Reunited Germany Where The Berliner Ensemble Is No Longer A Showcase For The East And Finally To Cover What'S Going On Back Home In New York – Everything From The Lion King And Dame Edna To Plays Of David Mamet And Arthur Miller (New And Old) And To The Latest Trends In The Broadway Musical.