Nick Cave and Barkley Hendricks at Jack Shainman Gallery; 'English' on Broadway; Peter Berg; Journalist Pagan Kennedy on 'The Secret History of the Rape Kit'
Jack Shainman Gallery has opened a new venue in Chelsea featuring work from artist Barkley Hendricks. In addition, there's a new Nick Cave exhibition in the original Tribeca location. We speak with Cave about his latest, Jack Shainman about his gallery, and Elisabeth Sann, who curated the Hendricks show.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning play "English" is now on Broadway. The story follows a group of people practicing for their English proficiency exam. Playwright Sanaz Toossi discusses the show alongside actor Marjan Neshat and Tala Ashe, who star in the comedy. "English" is running at the Todd Haimes Theater through March 2.Â
Known for directing big hits like "Deepwater Horizon" and "Friday Night Lights," Peter Berg is known for intense and gritty stories. His latest is a Netflix limited series, "American Primeval," set in the American West in 1857. Berg speaks with Alison about the collision of religion, homesteading, greed and violence depicted in the series.
In the 1970s, a woman named Marty Goddard invented the rape kit, a new, standardized way to collect evidence following a sexual assault. Then, a man got credit for creating the kit, and Goddard disappeared. Journalist Pagan Kennedy has spent the last few years trying to track Goddard down and tell her story. Kennedy discusses her new book, The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story.Â
