Lois Smith and the Work That Endures
The 95-year-old actor reflects on her rich and rewarding stage career, and the life it drew from and made for her.
Category Archives: Interviews
Reggie D. White on Taking the Reins of Woolly Mammoth
The D.C. theatre’s incoming artistic director reflects on his path to leadership, the importance of risk-taking, and possibilities for brave new theatre.
On the Real With Stephen Adly Guirgis and Chris Gabo
The 2 playwrights compare notes on what they learned from TV writing, what they owe their community, and Gabo’s new play ‘The Surgeon and Her Daughters.’
Yale’s James Bundy: Daring and Caring
As he leaves the dual helm of the Geffen School of Drama at Yale and Yale Repertory Theatre after 24 years, he reflects on a career of leading and learning.
Theatre Critics Named at New York Times, New Yorker
Helen Shaw leaves The New Yorker for the Times’s top spot, while former NYer TV critic Emily Nussbaum will take over the mag’s theatre beat.
Avery Willis Hoffman: Leading From Beyond the Stage
Court Theatre’s new artistic director talks theatre classics and joining a Chicago institution.
From V to You: It’s Time to Fight for Mother Earth
Ahead of a fall tour of the new concert musical ‘Dear Everything,’ V (formerly Eve Ensler) reflects on the climate change crisis, the ‘vagina that could,’ and her vision for collective action through theatre.
Nidia Medina & Lou Moreno: There’s No Place Like INTAR
As one artistic director hands the reins to another, both reflect on the storied NYC theatre’s legacy, aesthetic, and future.
Jennifer Bielstein Named Managing Director of Alley Theatre
A seasoned regional theatre leader who currently serves as managing director of San Francisco’s ACT, Bielstein is at last taking a leadership role in her home state.
Funny, With a Little Teeth: 2 Playwrights on the Lineage and Lens of Molière
Taylor Mac, whose new play ‘Prosperous Fools’ is loosely inspired by ‘Le Bourgeois gentilhomme,’ and Jeffrey Hatcher, who has a new adaptation of ‘The Imaginary Invalid,’ talk satire, philanthropy, and healthcare.
