Perseverance Theatre, Living Up to Its Name Again
On its way back from the brink of closure, Alaska’s largest theatre has eliminated its debt and found new funders.
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.
Maria Manuela Goyanes: Pushing Theatre Forward
Maria Manuela Goyanes will be the new artistic director of D.C.’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
Talking Back: A Protest of Yellowface at the Muny
Last week a group of theatre artists disrupted a show that included racist elements. Was their message heard?
The Scotch Is on the House at ‘Behind the City’
Third Rail Projects partners with Macallan scotch whisky to create a ‘branded’ experience. Will audiences drink to that?
#TCG18 Plenary 1: Not Everything Is Lost
The opening event of the 2018 TCG National Conference, headlined by Naomi Shahib Nye, found poetry and persistence in storytelling.
Leslye Headland on Sin, Certainty, and Harvey Weinstein
After a decade, she concludes her ‘Seven Deadly Plays,’ and finally opens up about her time working at Miramax.
What a Girl Wants
‘The Wolves,’ ‘Dance Nation,’ and ‘School Girls,’ all by young female playwrights, show girlhood in all of its complexity and ferocity.
David Henry Hwang: Backward and Forward
This season, America’s leading Asian-American playwright revisited his most famous play, ‘M. Butterfly,’ and wrote a new musical, ‘Soft Power.’
NEA Chair Jane Chu Is Stepping Down
She will leave the agency in June, at the conclusion of her four-year term.
Why Phylicia Rashad Will Never Direct Herself
She is directing two productions back to back; here’s how she chooses her projects.
