This Month in Theatre History
September looks back on theatre in the colonies, early playwright protections, Midwest theatre milestones, living newspapers, and two groundbreaking Broadway musicals.
All Stories About Rent
Wolf at the Door: How Musicals Helped Me Live the Size of My Feelings
How the queerness of fairy tales and musicals, once coded and now more open, has always spoken—and sung—directly to me.
How ‘Rent: Live’ is Reimagining Jonathan Larson for Prime Time
Twenty years after he premiered the musical Off-Broadway, director Michael Greif promises an all-new production, with a 1,500-person studio audience.
20 Questions With Jinkx Monsoon
Jinkx Monsoon talks up “The Vaudevillians” at Seattle Rep.
St. Louis’s New Line Theatre Has High Fidelity to New Musicals
Led by Scott Miller, this small theatre revives mostly nontraditional musicals, giving new life to underrated shows and shining new light on contemporary classics.
The American Theatre Archive Project Aims to Preserve Theatrical Records, Create Archival Plan
No file left behind: Project calls for theatres, theatre companies to archive and preserve their past documents for the future.
20 Questions: Anthony Rapp
Answers about Andy Warhol, the tradeoffs of filmmaking, and what happened to that striped scarf.
