Lily Goldberg
Lily Goldberg is a writer and music-maker from New York City. Her work has appeared in PAPER, No Depression, the New York Times, and other publications of esteem and whimsy.
The Trojans follows a group of corporate warehouse workers in modern-day Texas who, like the Ancient Greeks, relish in retelling battle victories—except in this loose adaptation of the Iliad, the warfare takes place at a 1980s high school football stadium, and instead of lyre-bearing muses, this story is sung through synthwave.
In 2024, Stockmann’s critique of unfettered democracy cannot play without some conscientious caveats. Now playing at Circle in the Square, Amy Herzog’s rendition of Stockmann (a donnish Jeremy Strong) never uses the term “majority” disparagingly (instead, he refers to his opponents as a “mob.”)
Stereophonic is a work of sepia-tinged realism—set inside the wood-paneled walls of a 1970s recording studio, the new play with music (written by David Adjmi, directed by Daniel Aukin, and composed by Arcade Fire alum Will Butler) depicts an incestuous rock quintet who wend their way from tedium to epiphany as they labor on a forthcoming make-or-break LP.
Jordana De La Cruz, co-director of the Brooklyn performance and civic space JACK, wants artists to fail.
