The Evolution of Anthony Davis’s ‘Malcolm X’ Opera
The Met Opera-bound revival, directed by Robert O’Hara, plays this weekend in Omaha, where the influential Black leader was born Malcolm Little in 1925.
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The Met Opera-bound revival, directed by Robert O’Hara, plays this weekend in Omaha, where the influential Black leader was born Malcolm Little in 1925.
This busy writer-director, known for new works, is now staging ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ at the Public, but it’s more a case of continuing a legacy of Black iconoclasm than a new career phase.
The play is the first to be announced for the Los Angeles company’s 2020-21 season at the Mark Taper Forum.
The annual conference will celebrate Robert O’Hara, Jeremy O. Harris, New Georges, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, and Deadria Harrington.
Colleagues and former students of the playwright share how she helped shape their lives and work.
Lucas Hnath, Robert O’Hara, Leigh Silverman, and Alexis Williams are panelists for this free discussion on the form and future of the American play.
Directors set the table for our theatrical meals, and preparation is key.
How six directors discovered and honed their craft—and found careers along the way.
Her new musical ‘Bella’ is a tall tale about an unlikely Old West heroine.
Robert O’Hara’s new play for Woolly Mammoth mixes Jacobean drama with political satire and the zombie apocalypse to make a statement about the undead way we live now.