Has New York Lost Its Political Nerve?

“A brief glance at Broadway confirms that the American market for political theatre is at an all-time low. Domestic dramas dominate; the Tony Awards are bypassing the middleman and going straight to British practitioners. And although no one seriously expects commercial theatres – which are sponsored by large corporations – to champion provocative writing (“Everybody knows you don’t bite the hand that feeds you,” says Shinn), the subscription theatres, the not-for-profit venues which are the breeding ground for new work, seem to be losing their nerve.”