Critic Charles Isherwood Leaves NY Times
Originally hired in 2004, Isherwood had outsized influence and aroused passionate feelings, occasionally his own.
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.
Susan Johann: See Something Different
Her iconic black-and-white images of playwrights, collected in a new book, help reveal their subjects’ true selves.
Anne Bogart Gets ‘Lost in the Stars’
All theatre is about how we get along with each other, the director believes—a useful frame for a show about apartheid.
Sure, Art Is Immeasurable, But People Need to Get Paid
Nonprofit theatre may be driven primarily by mission, not the market, but that’s no excuse for inequity.
Theatre: A Counterweight for Heavy Times
The nonprofit theatre’s mandate to serve as a town hall, a sort of secular church for the democratic spirit, has seldom been more salient.
Sam Gold and Andrew Lieberman’s Boxed-In ‘Othello’
Why the director and designer, longtime collaborators, decided to serve up Shakespeare in a plywood container.
The U.S. Is a Latin American Country Too
Multiplicity defines our past and our future, and nowhere is this more true than in the Latinx theatre movement in the U.S.
X Marks the Spot: Why We’re Embracing Latinx
Latino, Latina/o, or Latinx? We heard good arguments for and against them all, and opted for both greater inclusion and typographical clarity.
So ‘The Christians’ Walks Into a Jewish Theatre…
How does Lucas Hnath’s play about conflict in a megachurch fit Theater J’s mission? Adam Immerwahr explains.
Cooking Up a Kentucky-Fried ‘Hansel & Gretel’
In his version of the grim fairy tale for 24th Street Theatre, Bryan Davidson adds music and human dimension.
