Uptown vs. Downtown? Tear Down This Wall
Experimental theatre artists Heidi Schreck, Daniel Fish, Taylor Mac, and Young Jean Lee aren’t so much joining the Broadway conversation as leading it.
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Experimental theatre artists Heidi Schreck, Daniel Fish, Taylor Mac, and Young Jean Lee aren’t so much joining the Broadway conversation as leading it.
The new musical on Broadway follows on the heels of ‘Fun Home’ and ‘Indecent’ to show that bi/pan/queer/lesbian women have stories worth telling.
When working on a show with sensitive topics, such as an adaptation of ‘Dracula’ with violence and blood, a diversity advocate can help you work through the uncomfortable conversations.
10 plays by women of color running Off-Broadway at one time may not seem momentous, until you realize we’ve never seen it before.
A historic gathering for theatres of color in St. Louis turned out to be a powerful and unexpectedly timely convening.
For Monica White Ndounou, diversifying pedagogy and the canon isn’t just an obligation, it’s an opportunity.
Some writers have been stumbling in addressing work about and by LGBTQ artists. Here’s a guide to help them do better.
The decision of when or whether to disclose their condition remains fraught, but some artists are finding ways to break through stigma and forge new paths.
American Players Theatre’s production of Athol Fugard’s play about mixed-race brothers has raised thorny questions about representation.
Last week a group of theatre artists disrupted a show that included racist elements. Was their message heard?