Richard Nelson returns to the Public Theater with “When the Hurlyburly’s Done,” which he presented last winter in Kyiv. Here, he reflects on the experience with excerpts from his diary.
The six Ukrainian actresses performing in “When the Hurlyburly’s Done” are, from left, Kateryna Chikina, Mariia Demenko, Maria Kos, Olena Korzeniuk, Yulia Brusentseva and Natalka Kobizka.
The F.B.I. director has come under withering attack in recent days, but with Republicans backing him, the proceedings fell into a familiar partisan groove that appeared to play to his strengths.