Sam Shepard: Mystery and Magic, Freedom and Fire
Suzan-Lori Parks, Robert Woodruff, Jean-Claude van Itallie, and Loretta Greco recall what America’s great bard of the West meant to them.
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Suzan-Lori Parks, Robert Woodruff, Jean-Claude van Itallie, and Loretta Greco recall what America’s great bard of the West meant to them.
Playwriting as a lifeline in prison, changes in Chinese theatre, and the crisis of criticism.
A representative of stage directors responds to a story in which we offered a peek into the pocketbooks of theatre artists.
Readers wrote in to quibble about facts surrounding a recent convening on funding for the arts, as well as a lack of representation from the Windy City.
Playwrights and artistic directors share more fears, hopes, challenges, plans, and self-examination in response to the election of Donald Trump.
Expanded empathy and sharper edges, new voices and new audiences, are on the agenda for the nation’s playwrights and artistic directors.
Emily Mann, Bill Pullman, Will Eno, and Gregory Boyd recall a playwright they respected, occasionally feared, and deeply loved.
The dynamo who led Arena Stage and NYU Tisch’s acting program was acutely interested in human beings, and what theatre could reveal about them.
A range of voices considers the impact and the lasting legacy—and a few lacunae—of August Wilson’s seminal speech.
Readers wrote in to quibble with or praise Johnna Adams’s ‘Gidion’s Knot’ and immersive theatre.