This Month in Theatre History
The birth of the NEA and NEH, the original productions of an American classic by Arthur Miller and a flop by Tennessee Williams, and more.
All Stories About Tennessee Williams
Chasing the Cool at Williamstown Theatre Festival
This year’s gathering in the Berkshires took big swings with mixed results, but its greatest successes may have been in the buzz and chatter it created among festivalgoers.
A Stripped-Down ‘Streetcar’ Rolls West
A new 4-actor version of Williams’s classic, which played last year at alternative NYC spaces, is headed for L.A., then Yale.
Sometimes—There Are Puppets—So Quickly
‘The Felt Menagerie’ at the Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans puts a comic spin on the playwright’s tragic characters.
This Month in Theatre History
From the deadliest theatre fire in U.S. history to a young Tennessee Williams’s fateful move to New Orleans, December was a momentous month.
This Month in Theatre History
From the first theatre lit by electricity to the debut of ‘Streetcar,’ ‘Show Boat,’ and ‘The Great White Hope,’ December was a bountiful month in U.S. theatre history.
When a Writer’s Rights Aren’t Right: The ‘Virginia Woolf’ Casting Fight
A lesson for Albee’s estate from Tennessee Willams’s: Classics can survive reinvention. And while we’re reviving, how about more diversity, not less?
Southern Rep’s Aimée Hayes, En Avant!
After years without the anchor of a home base, the leader of New Orleans’s preeminent theatre is steering the company to a snug new harbor.
A Nationwide Menagerie of Tennessee Williams Festivals
From Provincetown to New Orleans, Williams fests cover a wide range of the playwright’s works and influences.
Sex, Comedy and Mystery on Tap for McCarter’s 2015–16 Season
World-premiere laffers by Ken Ludwig and Sharyn Rothstein are on the Jersey theatre’s schedule, along with a staging of Tennessee Williams’s film ‘Baby Doll.’
