Audiences in Action
Productions such as ‘1984’ and ‘Tamar’ require some footwork. Plus: Whither the Vietnam play?
All posts by Jan Stuart
Operatic Workout
A new work about Harriet Tubman. Plus: a new company devoted to middle-aged actresses, and various comings and goings.
Questions Without Answers
A new book dives into the theories of theatre. Plus: a Theatre Facts bookshelf.
Hispanic Treasures
Theatre and literary specialists join landmark project. Plus: An expanded Young Playwrights Festival, and a new L.A. home for Padua Hills Playwrights.
Theatre Facts 1984
TCG’s first full report on the state of U.S. theatres.
Letters to the Editor
Responses to the Sellars/McAnuff dialogue and Brustein’s RSC takedown.
A Delicate Balance Changes
Among the most striking changes in funding for theatre: the growth of corporate support.
Swimming to Cambodia
An introduction to excerpts from the performance monologue by Spalding Gray.
Heroes When We Need Them
There’s a mythic pulse in pop culture that the theatre’s missing out on, asserts mythologist Joseph Campbell.
Stages
From the Goodman to Oregon Shakes, from new works in New Haven to the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
