Martha Lavey and David Hawkanson on Their Steppenwolf Succession Plans
The artistic director and executive director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company talk about their decisions to step down and the legacy they hope to leave.
All Stories About Showcase
‘BASETRACK Live’ Marks Reboot of En Garde Arts
Site-specific maven Anne Hamburger, back from producing live shows for Disney theme parks, is behind a new multimedia piece about U.S. Marines, ‘BASETRACK Live.’
Know a Theatre: Quantum Theatre of Pittsburgh, Pa.
International in its focus and its aesthetic, the Quantum Theatre has staged multidisciplinary, site-specific work all over Pittsburgh.
Onstage This Week: Oct. 13-20
Halloween is weeks away, but things are already getting a little ugly this October, whether the bloodletting is graphic or the damage is internal. Even the kids’ shows this week are about a bat, a Gorgon and a big bad wolf. Be careful out there.
Georgia Shakespeare's Leader Speaks About Its Closure
Georgia Shakespeare cofounder Richard Garner opens up about the factors that led to the closure of his theatre.
19 Playwrights Currently Getting a Shoutout on Broadway
Among the names dropped in Terrence McNally’s ‘It’s Only a Play,’ currently on Broadway, are some of the theatre’s finest writers.
Offscript: Awake & Online
“It’s the bitch of living.” Except not really. In this episode of Offscript, we talk to arts reporter Linda Buchwald about “Spring Awakening” at Deaf West Theatre, which uses deaf actors and sign language to add a new dimension to the Duncan Sheik/Steven Sater musical about teenage desires in 19th-century Germany. Plus our editors argue over gender parity and the politics of representation.
Know a Theatre: Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Run by lighting designer Andrew Hungerford, Know Theatre is nimble and new-play-oriented.
Marian Seldes: There Is No Map but There Is Family
Marian Seldes shared her wisdom with readers over the years; here a few of the best bits.
In Conversation: Tony Kushner and John Lahr Talk Tennessee Williams
Tony Kushner talks with John Lahr about his new biography of Tennessee Williams, and what the playwright’s declining later years say about his art—and about America.
