The Night the Lights Went Off Off-Broadway
Theatre folks mourn closed shows and unseen work, and worry over the impact on emerging artists.
On the Scene
All the News That’s Fit to Stage
For the new show ‘Playwrights in the Newsroom,’ 2 Dallas artists trailed journalists and learned how and why they do their job.
A Triple Play in Houston
3 theatres partner to introduce Quiara Alegría Hudes’s Elliot trilogy to the town with the nation’s fourth largest Hispanic/Latinx population.
‘The Uninvited’ Revisits Reconstruction Where It Took Place, but Didn’t Take Root
New Orleans’s Goat in the Road Productions immersively restages an overlooked post-Civil War conflict.
Gypsy Rose Lee and Her Son, Together Wherever They Went
Erik Lee Preminger recalls his life on the road with his famous mother, from hotel-room fried chicken to a gun-toting grandma—oh, and plenty of skin.
‘Beach Blanket Babylon’ Folds After 45 Years of Bay Area Fun
From the towering hats to the nostalgic songs, the beloved revue aimed for nothing but joy and hit that mark for decades.
Is There a Black Acting Method? A Symposium Makes the Case
A gathering last month in Georgia lifted up the work of Sharrell D. Luckett and Tia M. Shaffer, and their mentor, Freddie Hendricks, in developing empowering approaches for Black actors.
How an Indie Theatre Scene Took Root in Columbus, Ga.
Atlanta isn’t the only Georgia city with a theatre scene: 100 miles south you can find live performance that’s vibrant, collaborative, and inclusive.
From Almasi to Ojai: Play Development Goes Global
A new play about health-care inequity gets the new-works-festival treatment in Zimbabwe and California.
In ‘Midsummer,’ Love Is What You Eat
Professionals from the food and theatre world are collaborating on a new take on Shakespeare, complete with crudités.