Drama, Onstage and Off, at the Public Theater
A new book documents Oskar Eustis’s regime at the pivotal New York theatre, with its heady mix of idealism, triumph, compromise, and controversy.
Category Archives: Winter Books Supplement
The weather may be cold, but what better to time to curl up with some fresh reading? Our Winter Books Supplement offers an assortment of reviews, excerpts, and essays about and from new theatre books and their authors, from Asian American theatre history to Broadway’s takes on history, from the current state of the Public Theater to a tour of SoHo theatres in the 1970s, and more. Read on, and tell us what you think!
Asian American History, Told in Stages
The theatre is one place where the disparate, diverse Asian American experience has found common expression, as a new entry in Routledge’s Milestones series shows.
The Rise and Fall of Arthur Miller
John Lahr’s new biography recounts the story of a playwright who met his historical moment like few before or since, then struggled for a second act.
What Can We Learn From Broadway Musicals?
A new guide to musicals about American history, and a new biography of the crucial figure Oscar Hammerstein II, make new cases for taking the form seriously.
The Theatre of Images: The Early Years
A look back at SoHo in the 1970s, where theatrical experimentation by Meredith Monk, Robert Wilson, Richard Foreman, the Performance Group, and Mabou Mines defined an era.
Taylor Mac, Walt Whitman, and Adhesive America
Cruising Utopia with the Good Gay Poet.
Is the Musical Progressive?
For all its faults, the form (and its fans) can’t help but stand up and sing for the underdog, for the awakened conscience, for moments of joyful liberation.
A Meeting of the Mimes (and Clowns)
In this excerpt from a new book by the founder of Movement Theatre International, the author reflects on the crucial 1988 gathering in Philadelphia.
