Tag: theater history
The Wisdom of Theater Elders in COVID Time
These artists remind us of how multivalent the theater is, how many solutions there are to the crises of funding, isolation, censorship and personal voice.
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.
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.
That Time Susan Sontag Did Something Stupid
She staged "Waiting for Godot" in 1993 Sarajevo. A Sontag biography raises current questions on what motivates social practice.
Why Professional Wrestling Should Be in the Theater Conversation
Why not? After all, writers create the narratives and matches have predetermined outcomes.
‘Transit’ Strike: An Interview with Franz Rogowski
The 33-year-old German actor is about to take the movie world by storm.
Why Edith Wharton Might Hate My Play
A mixed-race playwright reconsiders 'The House of Mirth' and its relevance (or lack thereof) for people of color.
Please, Lynn Nottage, Don’t Make Me ‘Meet Vera Stark’!
One of our towering dramatic playwrights finds no time for comedy.
Living the Theater of the Absurd
The symptoms of this pathology begin with malevolent myth and end, inevitably, in violence.
Stage Legend Mary Beth Peil: A Leading Lady On Film at...
Broadway's grande dame shines in a film about aging, longing and the generation gap.
Who’s That Goy Speaking Yiddish?
Shane Baker's muse -- from the crown of his keppie to the ends of his kishkes.
Will Lillian Hellman Return to the Boards for ‘Days to Come’?
Revisiting the work of a woman who did not cut her conscience to fit any theatrical fashion.
On a Clear Day, You Can See Stephen Bogardus Forever
The original #MeToo musical offers memorable acting by enduring stage talents.
On Stage Now: The US Women Who Served in Vietnam
A documentary play called 'In Their Footsteps" illuminates an era.
Grote Expectations: A New Musical Heralds the Power of Story
"I’m partial to the guillotine as a device," the playwright said.
TCG Announces New Playwright Trading Cards™
Two expansion decks are also on the way, including “Beckett and the Absurdists,” arrival date TBD.
Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane Lead a Celestial ‘Angels in America’
To quote Robert Browning: "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?"
A Play About Equity for Women? (Yes! Written In 1912!)
Stanley Houghton's "Hindle Wakes" was ahead of its time. But serendipity can be jaw-dropping.
All Hail “The Crown” (and the Queen)
Peter Morgan's Netflix series offers catharsis for uneasy times.
Like Music, Broadway’s “Farinelli” Has Charms — and Mark Rylance
Was Spain's melancholy king, Philippe V, crazy? Or crazy like a fox? Only a castrato knew for sure.
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?
