Book Restoration in ‘Flower Drum Song’ and ‘Brigadoon’
How David Henry Hwang and Alexandra Silber seek to honor 2 classic musicals’ intentions while keeping them fresh.
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That Lip-Syncing Feeling: A Conversation With an Icon
A La MaMa resident artist has a multi-generational check-in with Lypsinka, a.k.a. John Epperson, on an art form that can go deep by channeling widely.
Mama’s Turn: My Mother, Me, and 2 Musical Bookends
How ‘The Music Man’ and ‘Gypsy’ framed the fatherless, aspirational life we shared.
A Slam Play in ‘Brown Face’
Participating in poetry is key in Carissa Atallah’s new play about a DACA college student that takes inspiration from spoken-word competitions.
This Month in Theatre History
May highlights include a major group’s founding, a Pulitzer winner’s birthday, and Arthur Miller juvenilia.
Evan Yionoulis on the Sanctity of Theatre at Juilliard, Yale, and Beyond
The renowned director and acting teacher discusses her transition into a new academic and artistic institution.
AT, The Understudy, Pocket Theatrics Announce Re:working Roundtable Series
The new roundtable series starts in July.
‘WitchDuck’ Vs. the 18th-Century Manosphere
With its satirical look at an overlooked piece of Virginia history, Eva DeVirgilis’s new play is for the women who’ve spoken up against patriarchy for centuries.
Lou Tyrrell Trusted Playwrights, and Got Audiences to Do the Same
A writer and mentee remembers the Florida-based actor, director, and producer, who died on April 10 at the age of 75.
There’s Some New Work ‘Out Here’
A show and a convening at Court Theatre demonstrate what’s still possible, and a composer-designer lets us in on their dreams.
