Tag: women’s health
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.
How Abortion Narratives Are Changing in Hollywood
Amazingly, encouragingly, the subject is suddenly everywhere.
Halley Feiffer: Writing New Roles One Play at a Time
How an actor who has always been a writer became a writer who has always been an actor.
Mars Never Seemed So Close, or So Far Away
After an abortive launch, Erin Treadway finally blasts off in the new play "Spaceman."
Triangle Shirtwaist Burns with ‘Fire in My Mouth’ Oratorio
An infamous tragedy inspires a monument to immigrants and their American struggle.
When a Safe House Isn’t So Safe
Abby Rosebrock's play "Blue Ridge" finds Marin Ireland is brilliantly all the rage.
What I Learned Marching for International Women’s Day in Peru
Silent language: it is what the disenfranchised share.
The Year of Empowered Women
We aren't stopping with a march or two. We are a force. We are going to win.
Miller’s “20th Century Blues”: 40 Years, Four Women Fall Flat
Told in the rhythm of a daytime serial, this play will put a smile on your face with no great depth of inner feeling.
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.
Can a Play About Rape Serve as Satire? Ask Grace.
Bobby and Jeff get Grace drunk, then sick, unconscious and allegedly raped. Not funny.
Mental Health Therapy Needs Arts as Process and Product
Women need each and every tool available in their box for mental health care.
Why “The Haven” Is a Must-See Web Series
A podcast discussion on "The Haven," a new web series set at a domestic violence shelter.
Ivanka Trump: Debunking the Mythology
She may have his ear, but I don’t think he's listening.
Dementia Recalled In Off-Broadway “Mother of Invention”
"Growing up in the same household...siblings can have very different experiences."
Our Bodies Ourselves’ Judy Norsigian: Activist, Educator
Judy Norsigian on climate change, gender violence and hope for the future.
Women’s Self Defense More Important Now Than Ever
The Safety Godmother, Ellen Snortland, discusses her new movie "Beauty Bites Back."
Rachel Weisz Delivers Plenty (and Then Some)
The endlessly complex and elusive Susan Traherne remains a grueling and epic role.
An Arts Approach to Tonight’s Debate
We can join the political dance. Here are 10 activities to do just that.