Playwright J.e. Franklin’s Southern Spirit
The writer best known for ‘Black Girl’ discusses her long career, ranging from the Civil Rights era to today.
Category Archives: Features
Isabelle Huppert, a Person Onstage
Known for her roles as knotty, contradictory women, the French icon plunges into her first American production with ‘The Mother’ at the Atlantic.
Stories of Miami, Contained but Not Constrained
Spanish artist Lucía Miranda shares tales of the Magic City with adventurous audiences in the immersively intimate ‘I am Miami.’
‘True West’: Sam Shepard’s Super Smash Brothers
In a Roundabout revival of the nearly 40-year-old play, it holds up as a withering portrait of the myths and traps of American masculinity.
Tatiana Maslany, Desire Incarnate in ‘Network’
The actor talks about her role in the new Broadway production, staging a truthful sex scene, and her own media diet.
Know a Theatre: Crossroads Theatre Company in New Brunswick, N.J.
The New Brunswick Performing Arts Center’s resident company started in a former sewing factory and will move to a new state-of-the-art complex this fall.
Why Comedy Is Eating Theatre’s Lunch
Audiences are eager to laugh at everything from pratfalls to political commentary, and these days they’re doing it everywhere but at the theatre.
Larissa FastHorse’s ‘The Thanksgiving Play’: It’s Okay to Laugh
With her satire of performative wokeness, the Native American writer strives to subtly rewire audiences’ default responses.
Marissa Wolf: Close Listener
Returning to the West Coast, the new-work-focused director takes on Portland and its possibilities.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From a community arts organizer in Rhode Island to a literary manager in Texas, from a theatre architect in Illinois to a Wisconsin actor, here are some theatre workers to have on your radar.
