The Gay Sensibility Travels ‘Gently Down the Stream’
Martin Sherman’s new play takes stock of a generational shift in attitudes as disorienting as it is heartening.
Stories by Rob Weinert-Kendt
Rob Weinert-Kendt is editor-in-chief of American Theatre. He was the founding editor-in-chief of Back Stage West and writes about theatre for the New York Times, Time Out NY, and the Los Angeles Times. He studied film at USC and is a composer member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop.
Jesse Green Is Looking for a Good Argument
Why did The New York Times hire another white guy to be their new co-chief theatre critic? He plans to work hard to show us why.
The Life of the Drama
Where would Broadway be without the nation’s nonprofit theatres? It’s impossible to say, so intertwined are their fortunes.
The Real Malloy
The composer behind ‘Great Comet’ and ‘Ghost Quartet’ makes music into theatre, and vice versa.
How Sarna Lapine Makes ‘Sunday in the Park’ Sing
Family and time have something to do with how her new revival cracks open the great musical her uncle wrote with Sondheim.
Arts and Humanities on President Trump’s Budget Chopping Block
Established by presidential fiat 52 years ago, the NEA and NEH are on a list of dozens of agencies the new president wants to eliminate.
Jacqueline Lawton’s Ambivalent Faith in ‘Intelligence’
Politically motivated leaks, intelligence community dissent—no, it’s not a Trump-era tale but a fresh look at a Bush-era scandal.
Paige Evans: Writing Signature’s Future
The late playwrights’ advocate James Houghton left behind an embarrassment of riches for his successor, but she seems quite suited to the task.
This Means War
War may feel like an abstraction to many of us, but the theatre can give its realities flesh and blood.
What Has Equity Won in Los Angeles?
Some theatres are using the actors’ union’s new minimum-wage agreement, but there’s minimal agreement about its impact or its future.
