Tag: parents
Barra Grant: ‘Miss America’s Ugly Daughter’ No More
It's one thing to grow up, and grow insecure, as the child of a celebrity. It's another thing to transcend it all with forgiveness.
Gainsborough Family Album: A New Look at an Old Master
At Princeton, new insights into subtly political portraits of Gainsborough family members.
Dear Tasha Lawrence: A Letter About ‘All Our Children’
You have a tough scene late in the play. You probably know it -- what you do at the end of it.
How My Son Found Cultural Identity — Hidden in the Family...
The lesson? Nobody owns the answer to anyone else’s racial identity.
Isabelle Huppert Suffers (Again!) in Surreal Off-Broadway Play
Watching Florian Zeller's 'The Mother,' we suffer right along with the glorious French actress.
Yes, Ma: Gay Boy Playwright-Choreographer Makes Good
It's all about his mother (and her love life) in the part-play, part-dance 'The Mar Vista.'
Are Millennials Actually ‘F**ked’? Ask Matt Williams
A veteran TV writer-producer and "old white guy" explains his new play -- about Millennials.
How to Serve Children, From the White House Cookbook
A new plan puts the tots back into Tater Tots, and the kid in Steak and Kidney Pie.
Artists Warned Us: Children in Cages Will Be Treated Like Animals
Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gómez-Peña’s caged performances show us that ICE’s children in cages are dangerously vulnerable to losing their humanity.
It Floats. It Sails. It Sinks: Anthony Giardina’s ‘Dan Cody’s Yacht’
Teenagers with well-grounded values is the best part of the play. Then there's the rest of it.
Boys in What? Sometimes It’s Just Beautiful and That’s OK
Fathers don't have to an obstacle to their sons taking ballet.
In Joshua Harmon’s ‘Admissions,’ the Real Test Is Racial Quotas
On stage, should a white character speak for her unseen Black husband and biracial child?
After Mass Shootings, What’s an Arts Communicator to Do?
Every time I sat down to write this article, I thought I'd have more time.
Son to Forgive His Betraying Mother? Ask “The Treasurer”
Wall board and masking tape cover a lifetime of scars in Max Posner’s The Treasurer.
Mother-Daughter Bond: Modern Dancers Make Striking Figures
New dances in “a kaleidoscope of intersecting shapes and images" show women in all stages.
No Steamy Beach Books, Only Parenting and Parity
Lay out the towel, slather on the sunblock, catch up on last quarter's parity articles.
For Parent Artists in Theater, Rachel Spencer Hewitt Is a PAAL
For parent artists, a new advocacy network to address needs and raise visibility.
We Watch, Too: A Parents’ Roundtable on Theater for Kids
What do parents look for in the theater they watch with their children?