I Am Miss Saigon, and I Hate It
It’s not just that the hit musical doesn’t tell my family’s story. It’s that it perpetuates a narrative in which the Vietnamese are victims, not fighters.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
This monthly column is designed to feature voices and issues that are underrepresented in the American theatre. Please send ideas and tips to Associate Editor Diep Tran at dtran@tcg.org.
A Place for Exposure: New Initiative to Nurture Writers With Disabilities
Apothetae and the Lark launch a two-year fellowship to nurture new voices and keep them in conversation.
Does Race Have a Place in Theatre Criticism?
What the blow-up over a Times review of ‘Big River’ says about this cultural moment—and what it may bode for the direction of criticism.
How 1 Harassed NYC Theatre Freelancer Is Fighting Back
Rachel Dart’s Let Us Work Project aims to collect and share the whispered warnings that often come too quietly or too late.
Transgender Characters, in Their Own Words
Both ‘Trans Scripts’ and ‘Orange Julius’ let trans people tell their own stories, though only one credits a trans playwright.
American Theatre Artists: Don’t Throw Away Your Shot
Speaking up to bigotry and coming together in the face of uncertainty are two natural roles for the theatre.
No Latinx Theatre Company, No Problem. Make Your Own!
When Cleveland Public Theatre noticed there were no Latinx theatres in town, they helped create Teatro Publico.
CAATA 2016: Art and Activism, Pushing Beyond Exhaustion
At its 5th conference and festival, the Asian-American theatre alliance shared enthusiasm for new work and new strategies, as well as its critiques of persistent inequities.
Places to Go: Theatres Embrace the All-Gender Bathroom
As an absurd fight over transgender bathroom rights intensifies, theatres can lead by freeing their own facilities from the binary.
What Price Overtime? Theatre Workers Want to Know
The president’s new FLSA rules may force an overdue reckoning for the overworked, underpaid theatre field.