Pushing the Envelope and Pulling Back

Readers respond to a provocative play about race and to a searching essay about theatrical heartbreak.

#TheatreToo: Let’s Stand United, Not Divided

A concern about cover art, props for our content, and a clarification about living legend Joy Carlin.

Four theatre leaders give ‘vision statements’ in response to the question: How does the role of artistic director need to change in the 21st century?

‘Our Town’ is not wasted on the young, and fatness onstage should be embraced in all its implications.

Responses to stories about sexual harassment and ‘Angels in America,’ plus a unique cancellation request.

College students question an editorial in which a university professor lamented the hurdles of teaching Kushner’s gay fantasia.

Why one reader prefers Philly’s 1812 Productions to ‘SNL,’ and others fear for the future of criticism.

Whose programs do the programmers admire most? We asked some U.S. theatre leaders and they told us.

Tributes from those who worked with or were inspired by the iconic Broadway and cabaret performer.

Suzan-Lori Parks, Robert Woodruff, Jean-Claude van Itallie, and Loretta Greco recall what America’s great bard of the West meant to them.