ConeXion: Reflections on Carnaval 2018
Key takeaways from the Latinx Theatre Commons’s new-play fest in Chicago, where the focus was both national and hyper-local.
Opinion
Artistic Directors: Let’s Do Better
Four theatre leaders give ‘vision statements’ in response to the question: How does the role of artistic director need to change in the 21st century?
Lifting the Curtain on the Gypsy Robe
As Actors’ Equity prepares to announce a new name for its beloved Broadway ceremony, here’s a look at why they made the change.
Cutting Through the Haze: A Response to a Foggy Argument
What was missing from a recent op-ed? A sense of how lighting designers actually work to tell visual stories and create stage space.
A Hazy Shade of Theatre: The Case for Clearer Design
Stage fog and haze are great tools for the right occasion. But must they be a default design element?
Dream Ballet Vs. Steam Heat
Two new dance biographies show what we can (and can’t) learn from the revolutionary choreography of Agnes de Mille and Bob Fosse.
A Gay ‘Inheritance’ That’s Generations in the Making
Matthew Lopez’s two-part epic uses E.M. Forster as a template and is playing in London, but this sweeping, imperfect play is unmistakably American.
In With the New at Oregon Shakes
By doing such vital work by living playwrights, this classical destination theatre with Shakespeare in its name effectively puts them on equal footing with the Bard.
What a Girl Wants
‘The Wolves,’ ‘Dance Nation,’ and ‘School Girls,’ all by young female playwrights, show girlhood in all of its complexity and ferocity.
High Noon for Democracy in ‘Ameryka’
What do Polish and U.S. history have in common? Nancy Keystone’s beguiling new mash-up makes the connections.