Left by the Roadside: A Theatre Legacy Considered, and Reconsidered
2 new volumes by and about a pioneering Appalachian company celebrate decades of work, though they also deserve scrutiny.
2 new volumes by and about a pioneering Appalachian company celebrate decades of work, though they also deserve scrutiny.
2 new books show and tell the instructive story of Arena’s path-breaking co-founder, Zelda Fichandler—both the work she did and the work she left for us to continue.
A new book looks at the marriages of convenience—and backstage inconveniences—behind the filming of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’
Two new books consider the possibilities and limits of documentary theatre in a polarized nation.
Two books come not to bury the Bard but to bring his writing down to the common ground we share.
Priscilla Gilman’s memoir portrays her father, Richard Gilman, as a passionate, difficult figure who bequeathed her life lessons, many unwittingly.
Patti Hartigan’s excellent new biography gives us a rich portrait of the playwright’s life and art, and a measure of his significance.
A new biography of Sam Shepard focuses on the man as an icon rather than as a writer—though, as with everything in the late dramatist’s work, such delineations are never so neat.
A look at two new reads for musical theatre fans: a thought-provoking analysis of Broadway’s body biases and a breezy memoir by dance icon Chita Rivera.
A new book documents Oskar Eustis’s regime at the pivotal New York theatre, with its heady mix of idealism, triumph, compromise, and controversy.