News in Brief
The latest updates from theatres across the county.
All Stories About Public Theater
What Dramaturgs Want
Calling all dramaturgs, one-time dramaturgs, would-be dramaturgs! What production in the coming season have you heard about that you wish you were working on as a dramaturg? What is it about this show that afflicts you with dramaturgical envy?
This Month in Theatre History
George Frederick Cooke, the Curran Theatre, City Center Acting Company, and more.
Have You Met My Housemates?
An offbeat new musical eavesdrops on la vie bohème, circa 1940.
Tweet Seats? Really?!
What happens when mobile devices get in on the act?
On the Job
Theatre pros recall the doors they’ve opened by assisting (including a few better left closed).
Fun With Race and the Media
An interview with David Henry Hwang about his play ‘Yellow Face.’
What Joseph Papp Got Right
Theatre’s lineage—traced through Thespis, Aeschylus, Shakespeare, and Papp—is inextricably linked to democracy’s.
Greenberg’s Got Game
A master playwright swings for the fences with a socially conscious baseball play.
