How the Shows Went On After 9/11, With an Assist From Ovid
Broadway may have reopened its theatres on Sept. 13, but it was Mary Zimmerman’s ‘Metamorphoses’ that seemed to capture and transform NYC’s grief.
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Know a Theatre: Cardinal Stage of Bloomington, Ind.
This theatre company presents a wide range of programming for the diverse community in South Central Indiana.
This Month in Theatre History
From the first remote-controlled light board to the founding of the Alley Theatre, November has been a notable month in theatre.
Lost and Found With Hansol Jung
With plays like ‘Wild Goose Dreams’ and ‘Cardboard Piano,’ the Korean writer is making a splash on American stages with stories of displacement and hope.
Jefferson Mays Is Doing ‘A Christmas Carol,’ By Himself
The Tony-winning actor promises his version of Charles Dickens’s classic will not be so jolly, because of income inequality.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From a Chicago set designer to a scribe in Atlanta, from a Seattle director to an operations manager in New York City, here are some people to have on your radar.
Pushing the Envelope and Pulling Back
Readers respond to a provocative play about race and to a searching essay about theatrical heartbreak.
5 Theatres With Ghost Stories to Keep You Up at Night
Shadowy figures, a rogue music box, an iPod-surfing child ghost, and more fill our annual compendium of tales from haunted theatres.
Egypt’s Theatre Rebels
Facing censorship and worse in post-revolution Cairo, theatremakers resist and persist.
Patrick Gabridge, Playwright on the Graveyard Shift
The artist-in-residence at Massachusetts’s Mount Auburn Cemetery is charged with bringing the site’s rich history to life.