The Writers’ Room: Playwrights on the Small Screen
Peel open a bag of microwave popcorn and check out the televised work of Nick Jones, Tracey Scott Wilson, Daniel Goldfarb, and others.
Don’t Say ‘Colony’: Rubber Rep’s New Pop-Up Residency
The experimental Texan theatre company sets up shop in a church in Lawrence, Kans.
Deborah Stein and Suli Holum: Now It’s Our Turn
Close collaboration and unhurried gestation characterize the work of this unique ensemble company of two.
Carlyle Brown and James A. Williams: Sparring Partners
After three decades working together, these two have learned to fight from a place of respect as much as passion.
News in Brief for October 2013
The end of the Latino International Theater Festival of New York, a 60th-birthday for the Japan Society, a 44-hour epic from America’s most controversial monologuist, and more from October’s round-up of news items.
Executive Note for Oct. 2013: The Great Outdoors
Pioneering architects remind us that a theatre is more than just a building–and that, sometimes, it needn’t even be a building at all.
The Long View: A Look at Tim Dang’s Legacy
After 20 years leading the groundbreaking Asian-American troupe East West Players, Tim Dang is still looking ahead at challenges yet to be met.
The Bard’s Beat Goes On
Why have musical adaptations of Shakespeare plays become so plentiful?
Robert Schenkkan Tells LBJ’s History in Rotating Rep
A Texas playwright takes on an iconic Texas politician in ‘All the Way’ and ‘The Great Society,’ and finds a figure of Shakespearean—i.e., tragic—proportions.
Letters to the Editor (October 2013)
Readers respond to our stories about immersive theatre, new work from Ayad Akhtar, and ‘Chance’ magazine.
