Places to Go: Theatres Embrace the All-Gender Bathroom
As an absurd fight over transgender bathroom rights intensifies, theatres can lead by freeing their own facilities from the binary.
Stories by Diep Tran
Diep Tran is a former senior editor of American Theatre. She received her degree in arts journalism at Syracuse University. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Time Out New York, Backstage, Salon, and TDF Stages. Tran read Sarah Kane’s Blasted when she was 20, and that hooked her onto theatre. Follow her on Twitter at @diepthought or visit her website at www.dieptran.com.
Soho Rep Makes an Abrupt Exit From Walkerspace
The company discovers it’s not technically permitted to do much of what it’s been doing in its downtown Manhattan space for 25 years.
The Top 10* Most-Produced Plays of the 2016-17 Season
Robert Askins’s profane yet profound ‘Hand to God’ is the No. 1 play of the season.
The Top 20* Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2016-17 Season
August Wilson is the No. 1 playwright in America this season, but San Francisco playwright Lauren Gunderson isn’t far behind.
The Many Lives of Jen Silverman
The playwright’s work is funny, form-breaking, feminist—and everywhere on U.S. stages.
New York Times Discontinues Tri-State Theatre Coverage
Theatres in New Jersey, Connecticut, and various New York counties will no longer be regularly reviewed in the paper of record. What now?
What Price Overtime? Theatre Workers Want to Know
The president’s new FLSA rules may force an overdue reckoning for the overworked, underpaid theatre field.
Whitewash ‘In the Heights’? Chicago, You Can Do Better
Authorial intent should be paramount, and “We couldn’t find any actors” is no longer a viable excuse.
Something’s Gotta Give: How the New Overtime Rule Will Affect Nonprofits
5 things you need to know about changes to the FLSA, and 6 things you can do about them.
6 Shows That Perfectly Combine Tech and Text
Face tracking, augmented reality, wearable lights—incorporating technology onstage has never been easier or cheaper, and it can serve rather supersede storytelling.