Kitchen Sink Drama in ‘Dhaba on Devon Avenue’
Madhuri Shekar’s play, about an intergenerational family tussle over a restaurant and its menu, has its belated Chicago debut in a co-production of Writers Theatre and TimeLine Theatre Company.
Category Archives: Features
What Can AI Do for the Arts?
Artificial intelligence can’t write plays or replace in-person gathering, but with a human-centered focus it might help theatres run better and develop more responsive audiences.
Know a Theatre: Childsplay of Tempe, Arizona
The Southwest’s TYA mainstay has been stirring kids’ imaginations, and taking their shows on the road in their region and nationally, for nearly 5 decades.
We Came. We Saw. Now What?
Five years after an anti-racist manifesto challenged the theatre industry, we search for answers and accountability.
‘Co-Founders’ Scores One for The Town
The creative team behind a new musical at ACT honors their oft-disrespected Oakland home, telling a story about its overlooked tech contributions with a locally brewed hip-hop sound.
People to Watch: Florencia Cuenca
Ahead of our Summer 2025 issue release, we sit down with one of the stars of Broadway’s ‘Real Women Have Curves.’
High Ambition, Low Stakes: How Clubbed Thumb Cultivates Strange New Theatre
With this year’s Summerworks festival, the New York City company reaffirms its commitment to new voices in a variety of registers.
‘Jersey’ Twins: How 2 Brothers Are Sharing the Role of a Lifetime
Coby and Chris Oram are living a long-held dream by alternating as Frankie Valli in a Kansas City dinner theatre.
This Month in Theatre History
A Golden Globe-winning theatre founder, the start for postdramatic theatre legends, and a William Finn world premiere.
Joy, Justice, and Ingenuity at TYA/USA
Last month’s D.C.-area gathering of makers and advocates of theatre for young people offered a radical yet knowing optimism about the industry and the art form at an especially urgent time.
