A New Art Form for a New World?
It’s got ‘play’ in the title, but PlayGround’s Zoom Fest is entering a new gray zone between theatre, film, and TV—and it has the SAG-AFTRA contract to prove it.
Previews
Caryl Churchill’s ‘Mad Forest’ Gets Ready for Its Close-Up
A Zoom production by Bard College students gets a second life as a TFANA co-presentation, with sets, lights, props, and live editing.
Vengeance, Plague, Death, Confusion: Stacy Keach, Ed Gero Join Zoom ‘Lear’ Reading
An online benefit on Shakespeare’s birthday will reunite some storied professional casts with local Pennsylvania actors.
Roslyn Ruff: A Cry for ‘Help’
The powerhouse actor has been on a streak of shows about race and the white gaze. Her newest: a theatrical essay by Claudia Rankine.
What ‘A Wonderful World’ Wants to Say About Louis Armstrong
A bio-musical at Miami New Drama tells his iconic story through the 4 women and 4 cities that shaped his life and his music.
You Should See Them in a Crown: The Dope Queens of ‘Six’
A British concert musical about Henry VIII’s wives comes to Broadway on a wave of ‘Hamilton’-worthy buzz.
A ‘Mahabharata’ Staged and Acted Entirely by South Asians—Why Not?
Adapting the Sanskrit epic into two-part spectacle for the Shaw Festival, Ravi Jain goes back to the beginning—and imagines the end.
With (Robot) Love From Korea
The new show ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ at the Alliance in Atlanta puts a fresh East-West spin on the American musical.
Why Is Susan Lieu Self-Funding a 10-City Tour?
In telling the story of her mother, who died under a careless plastic surgeon’s knife, she hopes to illuminate both grief and injustice.
Want to Do Audience Development? Try Some Scare Tactics
How bloodsucking vampires, headless horsemen, and ghostly encounters are bringing new patrons to theatres around the country.