Would ‘Angels’ Get Off the Ground Today?
This epic ‘gay fantasia’ emerged from the recession-wracked regional theatre of the early 1990s, but the field may be even more risk-averse now.
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This epic ‘gay fantasia’ emerged from the recession-wracked regional theatre of the early 1990s, but the field may be even more risk-averse now.
It’s not just all the arduous unpacking: AIDS, Reagan, the closet, Mormons. It’s also that the play’s millennial dread seems puzzling to post-millennials.
College students question an editorial in which a university professor lamented the hurdles of teaching Kushner’s gay fantasia.
Remembering a tireless and unflinching performer who could go anywhere and take us with her.
This private, devout, and thoughtful man shared so much of himself onstage because that’s where he had the most to give to others.
The Oregon Shakes leader will cross the country to take on a new challenge: to lead a performing arts center at New York’s World Trade Center.
The season will feature a world premiere from Ike Holter and plays by Paula Vogel, Dominique Morisseau, Lauren Yee, and Madhuri Shekar.
The season will include the world premiere productions of ‘I Come From Arizona’ and ‘The Hobbit.’
The season will include a world premiere musical by Keith Hovis.
The recipients are Jay Adana, Andrew R. Butler and Andrew Farmer, Emily Kaczmarek and Zoe Sarnak, and Mark Sonnenblick.