Theater Review: Gloria

“Gloria” depicts the world of publishing as rife with back-biting, competition, and greed.
Theater Review: Gloria
Jennifer Kim, Catherine Combs, and Kyle Beltran appear in “Gloria,” about making it in the publishing world, no matter the cost. Carol Rosegg
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NEW YORK—In Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s new comedy/drama “Gloria,” several low echelon editorial assistants at an unnamed Manhattan cultural magazine are spending a typical day at work. All appears calm and relatively stress free.

But a harrowing event at the end of Act 1—a tragedy in fact—brings about a sea change in everyone’s behavior.

(L-R) Jennifer Kim, Catherine Combs, and Kyle Beltran appear in "Gloria," a story about making it in the publishing world, no matter the cost. (Carol Rosegg)
(L-R) Jennifer Kim, Catherine Combs, and Kyle Beltran appear in "Gloria," a story about making it in the publishing world, no matter the cost. Carol Rosegg
Diana Barth
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Diana Barth writes for various theatrical publications and for New Millennium. She may be contacted at [email protected]