Living for Design
Design is about more than pretty pictures, as reviews of three new books on costuming, scenography and lighting prove.
Design is about more than pretty pictures, as reviews of three new books on costuming, scenography and lighting prove.
The lives of two Broadway icons are told in conscientious detail, but without the theatrical flair of their best work.
Can the Method be reconciled to feminism? Transcending both seems to have been Stella Adler’s answer.
The acclaimed author of ‘Jerusalem’ talks about writing, relationships and his secret advice from Harold Pinter.
A deep analysis of 7 high-profile megaplays taps into their unique, encompassing theatrical energies.
With his second volume of lyrics, Sondheim makes the case for his theatrical vision, even when it’s led him down blind alleys.
Four tomes from the Shakespearean assembly line plumb the mind behind the man.
African-American masculinity–and black womanhood–are examined in August Wilson’s oeuvre.
Actors are subject to both the pleasures of imitation and the rigors of an exalted calling—an excerpt from “Letters to a Young Actor.”
Minstrelsy’s poisoned history bamboozles a compendium of Jim Crow plays.