Vivienne Benesch Is Looking for Transformation
As the new artistic director of PlayMakers Repertory Company, she is focusing on new plays, diversity, community, and the future.
All Stories About Anton Chekhov
Chekhov, Our (Distracted, Prosaic, Prophetic) Contemporary
Somehow a Russian doctor who died in 1904 was able to pre-diagnose our 21st-century ways of not connecting, of spending our lives alone together.
‘Alan Smithee Directed This Play’ Comes to BAM
Despite what the title may suggest, Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar of Big Dance Theater are in complete control of their newest piece.
Knocking Chekhov for a Loop
His themes and characters get upended by female artists with fresh insights into plays we thought we knew.
Sarah Ruhl and Tracy Letts: 2 Playwrights and ‘Three Sisters’
A conversation about playmaking, ensemble acting, writing regimens—oh, and that Chekhov play they both adapted.