Big Ups for Jordan Downs: Cornerstone Memorializes a Watts Housing Project
In ‘A Jordan Downs Illumination,’ the company returns to South L.A. to find a community changed and still changing.
Previews
Nevertheless She Persisted (And She Sings)
Chelsea Clinton’s characters leap from page to stage in the world premiere of ‘She Persisted, the Musical’ at Bay Area Children’s Theatre.
Newtown and Parkland, Linked by Tragedy and a Healing ‘Midsummer’
A musical version of the Shakespeare play, created in the wake of one school shooting, will get a staging in a community still mourning their own loss.
A Sneak Preview of 2019’s National Black Theatre Festival
North Carolina Black Repertory Company is preparing another can’t-miss biennial week of new work, networking, and mentorship opportunities.
Stories of Miami, Contained but Not Constrained
Spanish artist Lucía Miranda shares tales of the Magic City with adventurous audiences in the immersively intimate ‘I am Miami.’
After an Injury, ‘Spaceman’ Readies Its Relaunch
Last year Erin Treadway broke bones and stopped the show, but now she’s back in Leegrid Stevens’s solo piece about a weightless trip to Mars.
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.
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.