In ‘Babel,’ Teenagers Create a Play About Guns
In Dallas, teens band together to devise a play about gun violence, built on 30+ interviews with victims and NRA members.
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In Alabama State Parks, a Show About the Boys Who Built Them
How FDR’s forgotten ‘Tree Army’ is retaking the stage in Alabama.
A New ‘West Side Story’ Steps Beyond Jerome Robbins
For a new Guthrie revival, choreographer Maija García has created gritty new dances that give the Jets and Sharks a fresh spin.
A Trip to Kigali, Where the Past Is Still Present
Why I followed the playwrights and director of ‘Red Hills,’ En Garde Arts’ new play about the Rwandan genocide, in a pilgrimage to the country where it’s set.
For William Finn, It’s All in ‘The Royal Family’
The ‘Falsettos’ and ‘Spelling Bee’ composer tries his hand at the Kaufman/Ferber backstager about a clan of larger-than-life stage creatures.
‘Alternating Currents’ Shines a Light on a Complex Queens Neighborhood
Adam Kraar’s new play about the electrical workers’ community of Electchester examines its mix of idealism, racism, and class conflict.
Actors Home Seniors ‘Still Dreaming’ in PBS Documentary
Residents at the New Jersey home, many former Broadway pros, got another turn in a staging of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’
Reuniting Slave Families Who’ve Been ‘Torn Asunder’
Nikkole Salter’s new play converts research to drama in exploring how African Americans healed their families post-slavery.
‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ in the Room Where It Happened
There’s no escape for or from the tortured Tyrones, as Flock Theatre stages O’Neill’s masterpiece in the intimacy of his family’s historic cottage.
Native Iron Workers and 9/11 Linked by ‘Mangled Beams’
In Dawn Jamieson’s new play, four Iroquois high-beam walkers reckon with trauma past and present.