This Month in Theatre History
From the birth of Barrymore ancestor Louisa Lane to an honor for Maya drama ‘Rabinal Achí,’ January started the year with a range of theatrical milestones.
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From the birth of Barrymore ancestor Louisa Lane to an honor for Maya drama ‘Rabinal Achí,’ January started the year with a range of theatrical milestones.
The writer behind ‘Mame,’ ‘La Cage aux Folles,’ and ‘Hello, Dolly!’ wasn’t just a genius—he was a mensch.
From the towering hats to the nostalgic songs, the beloved revue aimed for nothing but joy and hit that mark for decades.
The ‘Arrested Development’ and ‘Veep’ actor lives in the moment for Will Eno’s ‘Wakey, Wakey’ at ACT in San Francisco.
Though his 1982 hit ‘A Soldier’s Play’ is now on Broadway, its writer’s only real ambition has been to tell the truth about people he’d never seen onstage.
As dramatists begin to write for all media, the nation’s playwriting programs are starting to teach beyond the stage.
7 playwrights who’ve honed their craft without the coveted degree tell how their roads diverged.
Rudi Goblen, break-dancing champ turned playwright, enters a school that has done its own share of learning.
Watching and helping John Guare build his plays inspired his erstwhile assistant to do the same.
What emerging writers can—and can’t—learn from schools without a playwriting concentration.