Contributor
Rhoda Feng

Rhoda Feng writes about theater and books for 4Columns, The Baffler, The White Review, The New Republic, The Nation, and The New York Times, among other publications.

Opinion
Family Harmony and Discord in ‘The Hills of California’

Jez Butterworth’s mesmerizing new play – directed by Sam Mendes – explores the complexities of sisterhood and the echoes of the past in a Blackpool guesthouse⁠

BY Rhoda Feng |
Opinion
The Words of Grenfell Survivors Hit Centre Stage

A new play by Gillian Solvo highlights the lives of those who survived the devastating fire

BY Rhoda Feng |
Opinion
‘Russian Troll Farm’ Brings Our Debased Online World to the Theatre

A recent of production of Sarah Gancher’s satirical play ominously primes us for the 2024 US presidential election

BY Rhoda Feng |
Opinion
‘Prima Facie’ Puts the Law on Trial

New to Broadway, Emmy award-winning actor Jodie Comer plays a barrister who struggles to reconcile the letter of the law with her own sexual harassment

BY Rhoda Feng |
Reviews , US Reviews
The Minimalist Remodeling of ‘A Doll’s House’

A new adaptation of the Ibsen classic, starring Jessica Chastain, is stripped down to its bare bones to reveal the play’s central spirit

BY Rhoda Feng |
Opinion , Reviews
‘The Collaboration’ Paints a Tenuous Friendship Between Basquiat and Warhol

Anthony McCarten’s play on the two art legends’ relationship is bogged down in potted biographies but builds to a crescendo

BY Rhoda Feng |
Opinion
The Contradictions of Robert Moses in ‘Straight Line Crazy’

Rhoda Feng reviews David Hare’s new play – now playing at The Shed, New York – exploring the mythologies behind the controversial city planner

BY Rhoda Feng |