Category Archives: March 2012

Outside/Inside

The increasing velocity of change on the outside makes theatre’s capacity to change our inner lives ever more important.

Several responses to Joshua Dachs’ Jan. ’21 essay deploring the spurious ‘neutrality’ of so many theatre spaces.

Dachs redux, same-sex celebrations, and durational theatre.

A check-in with Amy Herzog and a critical look at the minstrelsy of ‘The Scottsboro Boys.’

By stretching his imagination with each new script, the playwright has become a Michigan mainstay.

Sharp-edged shelves, uncomfortable chairs, and treacherous angles in a new production of Yasmina Reza’s play.

A designer of theatres visits 4 great performance spaces you have to see before you die.

A report from TEDxBroadway, a nationwide study of audience behavior, theatre company mergers and new-play fests, and more.

Telling the tragic tale of ‘The Scottsboro Boys’ with happy-go-lucky minstrelsy may show audacity, but it lacks empathy.

With a spate of new plays depicting the newest revolution in marriage rights, playwrights and producers ponder their role in the drama.