Matter Over Mind: How Actors Learn to Embody Ideas (and Animate Bodies)
All stage performers must strike a balance between ‘head’ work and physical theatre, but the main trick may be not to see them as separate.
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.
The Buzz: 5 Theatre Artists Dish on What’s Coming Up
From a Thanksgiving comedy, to exciting new hires, to ‘Scrooge in Love!’, five theatre artists preview what they’re working on, and what they’re looking forward to.
How Cornerstone’s ‘Chalk Circle’ in Watts Changed My Life
Staged 20 years ago in a labor action center in south Los Angeles, Lynn Manning’s Brecht adaptation hit me where I didn’t even know I lived.
Theatre During Wartime: Everything Is Different (Again)
This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no fooling around.
Whole New Worlds: How Science Fiction Is Materializing Onstage
What are today’s science fiction and fantasy plays but a kind of modern mythology?
Gavin MacLeod Shows Up for ‘Happy Hour’
The veteran TV actor returns to the stage for a new play about aging. And though the theatre’s in the California desert, there’s a cruise ship connection, natch.
The Story About ‘Real Enemies’ They Don’t Want You to Read
Isaac Butler, Darcy James Argue, and Peter Nigrini conspire to create a musical/theatrical collage at the junction of paranoia, misinformation, and a Big Band jazz beat.
Learning to Listen, From August Wilson to Mac Rogers to Taylor Mac
The actor Brandon Dirden speaks about his life’s work, while playwright Mac Rogers branches out into a perfect new medium for his talents.
Presence, Perception, Purgatory: The New American Supernaturalism
Stephen Karam’s ‘The Humans,’ like Annie Baker’s ‘John,’ uses realism to sharpen our attention to something bigger.
Shrinking Space, Time Out of Mind
The paper of record dispenses with design credits, while ‘Futurity’ imagines a new musical theatre.
