Eliza Bent’s ‘Toilet Fire’: Oh, the Places You’ll Go
Part church service, part confessional, part standup routine, the playwright/performer’s new show mines intestinal distress for laughs and discomfort.
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Not Just the Wild, Crazy Queer Stuff at Abrons’s Just Like a Woman Festival
British and American artists working at the outer boundaries of gender, race, and live art will gather for a weekend of performances, talks, and an intergenerational, intersectional feminist check-in.
In ‘Houseworld,’ There Are No Spectators, Only Fellow Puzzlers and Pilgrims
More interactive than immersive, Andrew Hoepfner’s new show invites audiences to stretch their imaginations together and alone.
César Alvarez Is Changing the American Musical Form, and the World
The indie Americana musical spans time and space, but its story hits close to home for its author.
Willy Loman as a Wandering Jew in New Yiddish Rep’s ‘Death of a Salesman’
Rendered in Yiddish, Arthur Miller’s American icon and his conflicted family may have a more specific cultural identity than usual, but the play’s universality still rings out.
For Arthur Miller’s Centennial at His Alma Mater, Attention Must Be Paid
The University of Michigan celebrates the 100th birthday of its pioneering theatrical alumnus.
Capturing the High School Experience in ‘Prospect High—Brooklyn’
The new play, a collaboration between Roundabout, playwright Daniel Robert Sullivan, and nine New York City teenagers, began its rolling national premiere last week.
‘Hoist’ Raises a Glass to Female Soldiers Who’ve Been Attacked, and Not Just in Battle
For her bleak and biting new play about sexual assault in the military, Erin Lane sets the action at a bar and lets the sparks fly.
How to Write Sci-Fi for the Stage, in 7 Easy Steps
Can plays compete with mass entertainment in spinning tales of aliens, robots, and monsters? Seems to be working for some of us.
‘Creep’ Culminates Donald Fowler’s 15-Year Musical Search for Jack the Ripper
The Dallas actor makes his composing debut with a a murder mystery that’s been brewing in his mind for many years.
