Tag: Off-Broadway
Revisiting the Comic Tragicomedy of Sean O’Casey
Irish Rep reexamines a challenging classic, set during the Irish War for Independence.
My Journey with Orson Welles (and the Betacam)
The co-author of the new play "Maverick" remembers the year he worked with a genius.
Lear deBessonet Makes Theater as a Hopeful Public Proposal
This community organizer/director also aspires one day to recreate the Federal Theatre Project.
When a Safe House Isn’t So Safe
Abby Rosebrock's play "Blue Ridge" finds Marin Ireland is brilliantly all the rage.
I’m a Playwright, and Trigger Warnings Trouble Me
What right has anyone to tell me how audiences should experience my plays?
Thrills, Chills, Battle of Wills: Theresa Rebeck’s ‘Downstairs’ Terrifies
With Tyne Daly and Tim Daly reaching new acting heights, what is the playwright afraid of?
We Need a Little Yiddish, Right This Very Minute
As a smash hit, all-Yiddish "Fiddler" preps to move Off-Broadway, the American theater's most unlikely CEO seizes a new tradition.
Breaking Bad Brecht: Off-Broadway ‘Arturo Ui’ Goes Kerplop
Director John Doyle's revival, starring Raúl Esparza, clumsily ties to our current political nightmare.
Meet the Brains Behind ‘The Female Role Model Project’
Science and theater merge in a daring experiment around gender, empowerment and music.
RJ Mitte, Stephanie Gould Envision Better Roles for Actors with Disabilities
On this podcast, two actors imagine how the arts could better represent a highly overlooked minority.
After 50 Years, Elaine May Returns to Broadway
In Kenneth Lonergan's "The Waverly Gallery," May gives a superb performance of lasting memory.
Mike Hot-Pence by Day, VP Mike Pence by Night
After creating a satirical character, actor Glen Pannell never expected to play the real VP.
As Joan of Arc’s Mother, Glenn Close Sears Your Soul
With one extraordinary performance, the three-time Tony winner seems to ask two questions.
On Stage Now: The Brilliant Nazi Scientist That America Embraced
A play about a Nazi (former Nazi?) who helped America to put a man on the moon.
Emily Mann Presents Gloria Steinem, Warts and All
A documentary theater pioneer takes on a "deeply human" feminist legend.
For Bob Dylan Musical, Conor McPherson Jettisons the Jukebox
"Hurricane," "Forever Young," “Like a Rolling Stone” -- but not always where you'd expect them.
Craig Lucas Has a Job Off-Broadway, and We Pay For It
The playwright's heart is in the right place. The play isn’t quite.
Political Machines, Private Lives: Facing the Truth of ‘The True’
“You don’t buy loyalty, you inspire it," says Edie Falco's character, proving that politics hasn't changed.
Five Off-Broadway Actors Admit to Being ‘Separate and Equal’
America was always destined to be so much more, and so much better, than "separate but equal." Yes, it's disheartening and infuriating and galvanizing...
Privilege and Punishment: Felicity Huffman and the Prestige Problem
With legacy enrollment dramatically rising at America’s top colleges and universities, who needs fraudulent admissions anyway?
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