It's Only a Play

Cultural complacency & aesthetic anesthesia in The Frogs

“It’s Only a Play” arrives in The Frogs like a lullaby wrapped around a philosophical grenade. It is nestled within a show characterized by its exuberance: the high-camp spectacle, the gleeful anachronisms, the sheer audacity of its premise. But this number—quieter, stiller, but no less audacious—deserves serious consideration.

Where do we find ourselves…