Sarah McLellan: EST’s Developing Story
She brings an administrative brain to a small, hardy new-play company on the verge of an upgrade.
Interviews
Joe Mantello: The Way We Do the Things We Do
As a director, he’s interested in how people act on each other; he also has a visual instinct. Both came in handy for ‘Three Tall Women.’
Matt Shakman’s Geffen: In With the New
The theatre’s new artistic director hopes to make it a home for new plays and a wide range of voices that reflect Los Angeles.
John Guare’s ‘Lydie Breeze’ Blows Back in 3 Parts
The 19th-century drama, now in trilogy form, has its premiere at Philly’s EgoPo Classic Theater.
Amy Wegener, the Heart Behind Humana
The literary director at Actors Theatre leads the yearlong charge of selecting the lineup.
Third Time’s the Charm: Diana Rigg Revisits Pygmalion, Again
The English dame holds forth on ‘My Fair Lady’ and its problems, pay equity, and the time Albee didn’t like her performance.
Raising Native Voices, Then Amplifying Them
After years of nurturing writers and performers, the work of L.A.’s Native American theatre is finally paying off.
Cutting Ball Passed to Ariel Craft
Where will she take the experimental theatre she inherits from its co-founders? Its history of risk and radicalism points the way.
Lee Pace, Not Your Regular Joe
A role as the gay Mormon lawyer in ‘Angels in America’ on Broadway brings the Texas-born actor back to a play that helped make him an actor.
Marin Ireland: Stepping In and Stepping Up
Ireland will reprise her role in Martyna Majok’s ‘Ironbound’ this month at Geffen Playhouse.