Offscript: Electoral Angst With Lynn Nottage
On this week’s podcast, Lynn Nottage discusses the presidential election and her new play ‘Sweat.’ Plus the editors discuss ‘Hamilton’s America’ and ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music.’
All Stories About Taylor Mac
A Trip Around the Sun With Taylor Mac’s ‘24-Decade History’
Hour by hour, decade by decade, Mac broke down American history, music, himself, and us—and then built us back up again.
Is This Any Time for Nuanced Politics?
Even in a polarized age, the best dramatists are drawn to complications, not simple answers, as Richard Nelson’s Chekhovian plays prove.
Learning to Listen, From August Wilson to Mac Rogers to Taylor Mac
The actor Brandon Dirden speaks about his life’s work, while playwright Mac Rogers branches out into a perfect new medium for his talents.
New England Foundation of the Arts Announces Six Grant Recipients
Six grants have been given to support the development, production, and touring of artist-led, ensemble, and devised new works.
When the Saints Go Marching in a Mill Town
Molly Rice’s peripatetic ‘Saints Tour’ shows audiences new facets of their neighborhoods. Next stop: Braddock, Pa., in a collaboration with Bricolage.
The Great American Living-Room Play Gets a Remodel
In seeming to strike at the foundations of the realist family play, playwrights like Will Eno, Young Jean Lee and Taylor Mac may actually be proving the durability of its four walls.
Playwrights Horizons Season to Include Premieres by Anne Washburn, Gregory Moss
The New York City theatre’s new season includes two world premiere plays, plus new works by Lucas Hnath, Taylor Mac, Jordan Harrison and Danai Gurira.
Taylor Mac and Temporary Distortion: In for the Duration
Four- to six-hour performances seem to be proliferating at this year’s Under the Radar and COIL festivals. Why do artists—and audiences—want to go long?
Taylor Mac's 'Hir': Just Your Average Kitchen-Sink, Genderqueer Family Drama
The performance artist-turned-playwright wrote his first naturalistic play about gender, family and trans issues, and along the way he fell in love with the form.