Pushing the Envelope and Pulling Back
Readers respond to a provocative play about race and to a searching essay about theatrical heartbreak.
Letters
#TheatreToo: Let’s Stand United, Not Divided
A concern about cover art, props for our content, and a clarification about living legend Joy Carlin.
Letters for July/August 2018
‘Our Town’ is not wasted on the young, and fatness onstage should be embraced in all its implications.
Letters for May/June 2018
Responses to stories about sexual harassment and ‘Angels in America,’ plus a unique cancellation request.
Is ‘Angels in America’ Tough to Teach? Maybe, But We’re Here to Learn
College students question an editorial in which a university professor lamented the hurdles of teaching Kushner’s gay fantasia.
Letters for January 2018: Politics and Criticism
Why one reader prefers Philly’s 1812 Productions to ‘SNL,’ and others fear for the future of criticism.
Changing ‘Measure,’ Measuring the Changes
In trying to fix one of Shakespeare’s problem plays, did we create a new race issue? A fair note, but here’s the backstory.
Agency and Color: A Response to Criticism of ERS’s ‘Measure for Measure’
Given the chance to play Claudio as a black man, neither I nor our production took the racial implications lightly.
Letters for Dec. 2017
Readers respond to a story about the history of Suzuki and SITI Company, and an article about conservative theatremakers.
Letters to the Editor: Where’s the Diversity?
A retired professor voices concerns about the casting of Jen Silverman’s play ‘The Moors,’ which American Theatre printed in full in our July/August 2017 issue.