6 Takeaways From the ‘Mikado’ Yellowface-Off
The fight over minority representation onstage is about broadening, not narrowing, opportunity and artistry.
Category Archives: Editor’s Note
Scripture Is Changeable, But Shakespeare? Heaven Forfend
Oregon Shakespeare Fest’s new translation project pits purity against clarity, 400 years of reverence against a few hours’ traffic of the stage.
Change of the Seasons
An issue of a magazine, like a theatrical season, is a menu of options reflecting our tastes, affinities, and priorities.
We Are Part of the Problem—and of the Solution
Year after year, our national season preview survey shows a 4-to-1 ratio of male to female playwrights. What can we do about it?
‘Pot Mom’ Gets Relit in Nashville, and I’m Having Flashbacks
Justin Tanner’s great 1990s comedies taught me about the beautiful impermanence of theatre. But artists keep creating, and plays can be revived. Maybe you can go home again.
The Web We Weave
As our website nears its first birthday, it’s clear we’re reaching more of you—and vice versa.
Editor’s Note for September 2015
Revisiting MFA graduates from the ’90s, insights into Twin Cities leadership transitions, plus an in-depth interview with composer/lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The History Play That Got Away
Oregon Shakes’s history-play commissioning project may not have funded the founding fathers hip-hop musical everyone’s talking about, but their slate so far is pretty revolutionary anyway.
Me Vs. Them: How I Got Schooled on a Gender-Neutral Pronoun
Who knew that grammar was a front in the battle for fuller gender expression? Well, duh.
Let’s Be Realistic: Can Theatre Beat Film at Recreating Life?
The native language of theatre is artifice, but as Annie Baker’s ‘John’ proves, it doesn’t always feel that way.
