Onstage this Week: Sept 21–27
This week’s roundup includes classic musicals and contemporary plays, with Bruce Graham and Shakespeare well represented.
Yearly Archives: 2015
A Film Critic in Love in ‘The Black White Love Play’
A new show at Black Ensemble Theater sets Chaz and Roger Ebert’s storied romance to music.
New England Foundation for the Arts Receives Doris Duke Grant
NEFA will continue its efforts to bridge the gap between the military and their communities through the arts.
Chicago Dramatists Announces 2015-’16 Season of New Works
The slate includes plays by Scott Woldman and Dana Lynn Formby, and a guest production of a Nambi E. Kelley play by Pegasus Theatre.
We Are Part of the Problem—and of the Solution
Year after year, our national season preview survey shows a 4-to-1 ratio of male to female playwrights. What can we do about it?
The 2015–16 Season in Gender: Who’s on Top?
Of 1,914 shows planned for the 2015-16 season, how many are written by women? We’ve got the stats.
The Unsung Gender-Parity Warriors
Theatres that continue to program male-dominated seasons deserve scrutiny. But what about the many companies that are trying to get the balance right?
82 Theatre Companies With Playwriting Parity (and Better)
These organizations have made programming a preponderance of female playwrights a priority.
The Gender-Parity Advantage: We All Do Better When We All Do Well
The push for gender equity in American theatre is part of a global struggle, and the stakes are economic as well as spiritual.
What Lies Beneath: The Truth About Unconscious Bias
Do men write better plays than women? We think we know that’s not true. So why does the disparity persist?
