Tag: playwriting
Artists First? Charting a Future for the American Theater
By the time our theaters reopen, which artists will be left standing? Let us revisit the ancient notion of the acting company.
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.
The Confession of Howard McGillin
It's not just actor-playwright Charles Busch offering a revelatory exercise in camp along Off-Broadway right now. Watch his co-star.
Immersive Theater Brings Legendary Nellie Bly Back to Life
Remembering a period of history that was downright cruel, especially in regard to women's health -- and the woman who exposed it all.
In ‘Halfway Bitches,’ Playwright Guirgis Goes All the Way
This is two-act, two-hour-and-40-minute political issue to which attention must be paid.
In ‘Greater Clements,’ a Playwright Mines Lesser Days
Judith Ivey appears at the center of a few, very individual stories of certain troubled Americans -- and a much, much larger American tragedy.
‘Jitney,’ in LA, Sings August Wilson’s Song of the Forgotten Man
Only 34 at the time that he wrote his first play, Jitney, August Wilson may or may not have known just how the emotion-driven...
‘Malaise’ of President Carter Finds ‘Confidence (and The Speech)’
Welcome to a 2019 fantasy history play about a 1979 White House experience that might have been.
Robert O’Hara: Finding the Beauty in the Horror
My old friend -- director of Broadway's hit "Slave Play" -- tells me why theater is the space for the complicated and the uncomfortable.
Abzug, Abzug — There She Goes Again!
My, my -- how can I resist Harvey Fierstein in his new play, "Bella Bella"?
Playwright Rebecca Gilman Finds ‘A Woman of the World’
The story of Mabel Loomis Todd -- first editor of Emily Dickinson's poetry and much more -- opens Off-Broadway with the timeless Kathleen Chalfant.
Dear Will Arbery: About ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’
The hold of conservative Christianity on the American body politic is a symptom of the crisis.
How Two Mfoniso Udofia Plays Became One Night of Theater
"Our idea has been to let the plays shine, to let the playwright shine, and to support each other."
Broadway’s ‘Slave Play’: A Free (But Costly) Racial Satire
Harris' play is so scattershot that his many points, and the fireworks that generate, remain unhappily in chains.
In ‘Wives,’ Playwright Backhaus Tries Comedy — and #MeToo
But why salt so much dialogue with, like, annoyingly contemporary expressions?
On Broadway, ‘Betrayal’ Is the Only Constant of Life
The hard elegance of the performances -- especially Tom Hiddleston, in his Broadway debut -- are a potent factor in the overwhelming success of this revival.
Is the Tragedy of Sept. 11 Intelligible to Us Yet?
Looking to ancient drama to comprehend the incomprehensible.
‘Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow’ Stay Home
There must be method to playwright Halley Feiffer's current madness.
‘The Rolling Stone’: Ugandan Homophobia as Modern Tragedy
Despite predictable drawbacks, Chris Urch's theatrical indictment is an important work of art.
Native Playwright and Others Fear a New Trail of Tears
With the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) under right-wing attack, Mary Kathryn Nagle sounds the alarm.
RIP RGB, RIP GOP, RIP USA
None of the second-rate white men currently on the Supreme Court will receive the honors given to RBG when they finally die.
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Herman Cain (and Republicans Unable)
And then there was Jerry Falwell, Jr., with his open pants, evangelical FUPA and his hands veering into prime side-boob territory with -- hey, doesn't she have a name?
