Chay Yew: Break the Table and Build a New One
After 9 years at Victory Gardens, the writer/director reflects on what he’s learned from running, and fighting for, a theatre in Chicago.
Interviews
Tom Key: A Spiritual Connection
After 25 years at the helm of Atlanta’s Theatrical Outfit, Key is ready for his next act.
Loretta Greco Still Has Magic to Do
The outgoing artistic director made San Francisco’s Magic Theatre an artistic home for all.
Sarah Silverman’s Musical Theatre Debut Will Have to Wait
Though her musical of ‘The Bedwetter’ has been postponed, the standup’s stage appetite has clearly been whetted.
André Gregory: ‘The Creative Process Is Very Mysterious’
The legendary director has had a Zelig-like journey through the culture, from regional theatre to Hollywood, Strasberg to Grotowski.
‘A Happy, Fulfilled Mother Is a Good Mother’
Emily Mann and Mary Hodges discuss their experiences as working parent artists, and the hard-won wisdom they’ve gleaned along the way.
Morgan M. Manfredi: On the Rise
Manfredi, a former assistant managing director of Creede Repertory Theatre, recently stepped into the role of managing director.
At Long Last, Eduardo Machado Faces Fidel
The Cuban American playwright, who knew the former dictator as a child, makes him the subject of his new play at Arena, ‘Celia and Fidel.’
Leigh Fondakowski on ‘Laramie,’ 20 Years Later
The show’s head writer, Leigh Fondakowski, looks back at the groundbreaking piece of documentary theatre and its continued relevance in an era of rising hate crimes.
Simon Russell Beale: Power Plays
The ‘Lehman Trilogy’ star talks about not judging his characters, the right age to play Lear, and what he’s learned from playing royals.