A Kenyan friend once said an experience he once had was “awful.” This was puzzling since the event was a joyous one. I asked what had happened to make it awful. It took some doing to understand that ...

The concept of pity is familiar to all people around the globe. It is something between an emotion and an attitude, and it is hard to clarify how we could define it. The religious background of our ...

Performances in the Roslyn Packer Theatre typically begin when the house lights go down, the stage lights come up, and the audience falls silent. In Beware of Pity, the house lights stay up and the ...

Pain is not only painful; it’s repetitious. At least that’s the case in director Babis Makridis’ “Pity,” a slow-burn drama about the relentless heartache loss tends to cause. In the beginning, we find ...