Theatre in Crisis: What We’re Losing, and What Comes Next
A look at this extraordinary moment of contraction for the U.S. theatre field, including a complete list of closures since March 2020.
Stories by Alexandra Pierson
They’ve Got the Look: 2 Designers, 7 Broadway Shows
Emilio Sosa and J. Jared Janas compare notes on the costumes, hair, wigs, and makeup they crafted for a wide array of periods and teams this season.
Back to the Sandbox With ‘God of Carnage’
Yasmina Reza’s popular play makes a belated Off-Broadway debut in a kinetic new production by Theatre Breaking Through Barriers.
When the Process Is the Problem
After a back-and-forth over COVID vaccine policy sparked an HR investigation at New Dramatists, the fallout exposed the faultlines between the personal and the professional—and between artists and leadership.
Lewberger Meets Fans Where They Are: Musical Theatre
Though their Off-Broadway show is sold out, the musical trio is still trying new things onstage.
Ryan J. Haddad, Star of His Own Life
His latest autobiographical comedy at the Public, ‘Dark Disabled Stories,’ is being designed with access in mind, even as it gets down and dirty about the ways society views and treats disabled people.
How to Design a More Just Theatre Field
The symposium ‘Sound & Color: The Future of Race in Design’ invited young designers of color to imagine a future that is only just beginning.
2023 TCG Gala Celebrates Black Excellence and Literary Diversity
This year’s TCG Our Stories Gala, presented in honor of Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson Jackson, raised a record $300,000 for the organization.
Spectrum Theatre Ensemble’s Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Ethos
This Rhode Island company is both fostering new work by neurodiverse artists and creating new guidelines for the inclusion of neurodiverse audiences.
And Reverie Shall Restore Amends
Members of this emerging New England theatre company are finding joy and building trust in the wake of trauma.
