Lincoln Center Theater Review A publication of Lincoln Center Theater Fall 2023, Issue Number 79 Lincoln Center Theater Review Staff Jenna Clark Embrey, Executive Editor Charlotte Strick, Design Jenny Pouech, Picture Editor Carla Benton, Copy Editor Lincoln Center Theater Board of Directors Kewsong Lee, Chair David F. Solomon, President Jonathan Z. Cohen, Jane Lisman Katz, Robert Pohly, and John W. Rowe, Vice Chairs James-Keith Brown, Chair, Executive Committee Marlene Hess, Treasurer Brooke Garber Neidich, Secretary André Bishop Producing Artistic Director Annette Tapert Allen Allison M. Blinken Judith Byrd H. Rodgin Cohen Ida Cole Ide Dangoor Shari Eberts Curtland E. Fields Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Cathy Barancik Graham David J. Greenwald J. Tomilson Hill, Chair Emeritus Judith Hiltz Sandra H. Hoffen Linda LeRoy Janklow, Chair Emeritus Raymond Joabar Mitch Julis Eric Kuhn Betsy Kenny Lack
Ninah Lynne Phyllis Mailman Ellen R. Marram Scott M. Mills Eric M. Mindich, Chair Emeritus John Morning Elyse Newhouse Rusty O'Kelley Andrew J. Peck Katharine J. Rayner Bruce Rosenblum Stephanie Shuman Laura Speyer Maria Tash Electra Toub Leonard Tow, Vice Chair Emeritus Tracey T. Travis David Warren William Zabel, Vice Chair Emeritus
John B. Beinecke, Chair Emeritus John S. Chalsty, Constance L. Clapp, Ellen Katz, Memrie M. Lewis, Augustus K. Oliver, Victor H. Palmieri, Elihu Rose, and Daryl Roth, Honorary Trustees Hon. John V. Lindsay, Founding Chair Bernard Gersten, Founding Executive Producer The Rosenthal Family Foundation— Jamie Rosenthal Wolf, Rick Rosenthal and Nancy Stephens, Directors— is the Lincoln Center Theater Review’s founding and sustaining donor. Additional support is provided by the David C. Horn Foundation. Our deepest appreciation for the support provided to the Lincoln Center Theater Review by the Christopher Lightfoot Walker Literary Fund at the Lincoln Center Theater. To subscribe to the magazine, please go to the Lincoln Center Theater Review website—lctreview.org. Front Cover illustration: The Gift © Jim Tsinganos; (This page from top right) Juan Perón stamp © Hipix/ Alamy; Eva Perón stamp © NormaZaro/E+/Getty Images; Argentine flower stamps © Neftali/Alamy, Tango © Jose AS Reyes/Shutterstock (Opposite page) Leaf illustration by 0melapics on Freepik; Back cover photo collage: Vinca seed packet—approx 1930, Tango dance steps (detail) © dikobraziy/iStock/Getty Images © 2023 Lincoln Center Theater, a not-for-profit organization. All rights reserved.
Issue 79
A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR JENNA CLARK EMBREY 3 FANTASIA ON A LIFE: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL JOHN LACHIUSA 5 THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS: A CONVERSATION WITH GRACIELA DANIELE 8 CULTIVATING A LEGACY IN THE GARDEN AMANDA PARRISH MORGAN 13 NOSTALGIA FOR THE PERÓNS? MICHAEL T. LUONGO 16 GIRLHOOD CECILY PARKS 19