Cathedrals Made of Bricks
Caryl Churchill is the only writer working now who says and does something genuinely new with each new play.
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Caryl Churchill is the only writer working now who says and does something genuinely new with each new play.
The critics chat with the acclaimed Idahoan dramatist, and compare notes on Stephen Adly Guirgis, Harry Connick Jr., and Lauren Gunderson.
How one of the nation’s leading repertory theatre actors, who evoked universal admiration for his own work, returned the favor.
Jose talks with ‘Slave Play’s’ Irene Lucío, and gathers 2019 reflections from Young Jean Lee, Aleshea Harris, Jaime Lozano, and others.
New books document the processes and productions of 2 major New York companies.
It was a year of provocation, controversy, and turnover—and that was just in the theatre.
The problem with young adult shows on Broadway isn’t that they focus on teens—it’s which teens they focus on.
This London-based Trinidadian, who had a series of popular plays at Arena Stage in D.C., brightened every room he came into.
A chat with a theatre deity, and a heartening comeback story.
As a former Chicago theatre person (artistic and then executive director of Free Street Theater, from 1991 to 2003), I was glad to see American Theatre devote an article to the wonderful ensemble scene in Chicago (“Stronger Together,” AT, Nov. ’19). But I found it “curious” that the writer neglected to mention perhaps Chicago’s oldest functioning theatre ensemble, Curious Theatre Branch. Curious has been devoted to new work for more than 30 years, having produced Rhinofest long before the first “Fringe” for most of that…