Featured Contributors
A deep dive into an East West Players revival, and a look at the legacy of artists breaking the gender binary.
All Stories About East West Players
Fall of Remembrance and ‘Good Trouble’
The TCG executive letter in the Fall 2025 issue explores urgencies of past and present.
A ‘Dawg’ That Still Bites
Nearly 4 decades ago, Philip Kan Gotanda’s play tackled Hollywood’s Asian American stereotypes. A recent L.A. revival hit different, for better and worse.
TCG Announces 2025 THRIVE! Grant Recipients
Supported by Theater League of Kansas City, these unrestricted grants to 8 BITOC theatres allow them to advance communities through the arts.
‘Pacific Overtures’ Gets an East West Encore
Sondheim and Weidman’s masterpiece about Japan’s ‘opening’ to the West returns to an L.A. company whose history with the show is as tightly intertwined as its subjects are.
Come As You Are
Theatre is all about human behavior. Is it time to let audiences be fully human too?
Lily Tung Crystal Departs Theater Mu to Lead East West Players
A Southern California native whose career has taken her to the Bay Area and the Twin Cities, she will succeed Snehal Desai in leading the L.A. company.
2 Days in April: TCG Goes to Washington
Theatre leaders gathered to train, talk, and meet with Congressional staff about urgent issues facing the industry.
Theatre Communications Group Announces THRIVE! Grants
Thirty theatres of color will receive $10,000 grants for general operating support.
This Month in Theatre History
January looks back on the first female theatre manager, a new-play producer, a groundbreaking Black theatre artist, peak Broadway, and more.
