"Informative and very readable ... [an] excellent overview of an iconic theatre." –British Theatre Guide
"Landis is deft at weaving together history, institutional aspirations, and personalities to create an honest and compelling account of one theater's visionary efforts to create art everyone can access. In meticulously dissecting the story of the Public Theater using interviews from dozens of artists
One Public feels as alive as the artform it describes. Landis doesn't shy away from addressing the upheaval the Public and its Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis face as COVID and demands for racial equity force a slow art form and a large institution to change with the same fervor it brings to its historic productions-wonderfully chronicled here. Landis' passion for theater pops off every page making this book essential reading for anyone who believes in the power of live stories to enrich our culture and our nation." –
P Carl, Distinguished Artist in Residence, Emerson College