Bill T. Jones on Slumming, Stephen Foster, and Trump’s Second Term
In ‘Paradise Square,’ the choreographer of ‘Fela!’ imagines the promise of New York’s first slum and the violence of the Draft Riots of 1863.
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In ‘Paradise Square,’ the choreographer of ‘Fela!’ imagines the promise of New York’s first slum and the violence of the Draft Riots of 1863.
After honing an engaged producerial approach at the Public Theater, she takes the helm of Baltimore’s Center Stage.
From emerging talents to unsung veterans, our regular Role Call feature shines a light on folks you ought to know.
Inspired as much by the avant-garde as by Golden Age Broadway, this multiple threat has a varied and ever-expanding toolkit.
The ‘Spitfire Grill’ tunesmith is also the co-artistic director of Wisconsin’s Third Avenue Playhouse.
Her job at the Wilbury Theatre Group is to make sure the show, not the front-of-house experience, is what you remember.
Hired by the Texas theatre just 2 years ago, Schultz cites ‘structural issues’ as the reason for her departure.
Our current political moment both evokes theatrical analogies and provokes theatrical responses.
The key word here isn’t ‘best’ but ‘practices,’ emphasis on the plural.
Diversifying personnel is important, but a more fundamental step might be to change the ways we teach theatre.