The American Nonprofit Theatre Movement Must Be Reimagined
The industry must not look away from a moment that is begging for it to change, writes publisher Kelundra Smith.
All Stories About Oskar Eustis
The Real Movement Was Where We Weren’t Looking
We shouldn’t mistake the end of a funding arrangement for the end of the culture that funding once carried.
Curt Columbus Stages His ‘Getaway’ From Trinity Rep
The historic Providence theatre’s artistic director, whose last play at its leader is ‘The Getaway Driver,’ recalls his two-decade tenure, and talks about what’s next.
Adventures With the Audience at CATF
A report from Shepherdstown, where it’s all new all the time. Plus: thoughts on the Oskar Eustis bombshell and what it says about our role in the movement.
Leadership Changes at The Public, Juilliard, Childsplay, and More
A roundup of comings and goings at the top of U.S. theatre institutions.
This Month in Theatre History
November recalls the play Lincoln first saw Booth in, Kern’s Princess Theatre musicals, a Puerto Rican literary godfather, a gospel Oedipus musical, and a century-defining epic.
The Theatre That Adrian Hall Built
At Trinity Rep, Hall built a questing, adventurous theatre and brought a company of actors, and Providence audiences, along with him.
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.
‘I Know What I’m Writing’: Emily Mann and ‘Execution of Justice’
In this excerpt from a new bio of the writer/director, she recalls how she created one of the American theatre’s seminal documentary theatre texts.
The Heat of the Moment
Onstage and off, TCG is integral to the nation’s theatre organizations and communities, and vice versa.
