The Diversity of ‘Anne Frank’
Grappling with complex issues of representation, a multiethnic People’s Light staging offers a version for our fraught times.
Stories by Russell M. Dembin
Russell M. Dembin
is the managing editor of American Theatre. He is a former associate editor of The Sondheim Review, and his writing has also appeared in The Austin Chronicle, Musical Theatre Review, Theatre Journal, and the Journal of Beckett Studies. He received his M.A. in theatre history and criticism from Brooklyn College and is a freelance dramaturg. Follow him on Twitter @Dramaturgs.
Outsiders of Long Standing
What U.S. Jewish narratives have to say to an age of rising hatred and exclusion.
Alan Mandell: Uncluttering Desks, Interpreting Beckett
The nonagenarian actor explains how his willingness to answer a phone and his inability to drive led him to some happy accidents.
Beau Willimon: Responding to the Moment
The playwright and screenwriter talks about his Broadway debut with ‘The Parisian Woman.’
Keep That Ghost Light On!
Tales of haunted theatres from across the U.S.
How Rude Mechs Built a ‘Mountain’ to Scale
The Austin-based company bid farewell to their home base, the Off Center, with an irreverent ode to impermanence.
The Classroom Where It Happens
EduHam, a.k.a. the ‘Hamilton’ Education Program, empowers students to become part of the sequel.
Druid of Galway’s Ageless ‘Beauty Queen’
Daughter becomes mother in the Irish company’s 20th-anniversary staging of Martin McDonagh’s landmark play, which now tours the U.S.
Phantoms of the Theatre
These tales of theatrical ghosts bring a new meaning to the term ‘haunted house.’
#TCG16 Plenary 1: Standing Ground
An award for John O’Neal and a stirring keynote from Anna Deavere Smith began the conference at the intersection of civil rights and theatre.