Drama, Onstage and Off, at the Public Theater
A new book documents Oskar Eustis’s regime at the pivotal New York theatre, with its heady mix of idealism, triumph, compromise, and controversy.
Stories by Michael Bloom
How Jack O’Brien Learned to Direct: Watching, Doing, and Living to Tell
In a new memoir, the longtime Old Globe leader and frequent Broadway helmer considers an eventful career and offers tips he picked up the hard way.
The Enduring, Overlooked Wisdom of ‘Nathan the Wise’
Far from simply preaching tolerance among Jews, Christians, and Muslims, this 18th-century comic fable insists on true inclusion and fellowship.
Storied Selves: Biographies of Nichols and Stoppard
Two new books about men whose charmed and eventful lives were as much acts of creation as the plays and films they produced.
A Trio of Fighters: Gregory, Blau, and Freedman
Three books look at the lives and impact of three influential 20th-century directors.
Theatrical Seekers and True Believers
New books document the processes and productions of 2 major New York companies.
The Showman and the Raconteur
New memoirs by British directors Nicholas Hytner and Dominic Dromgoole run the gamut, and the Globe.
Streep and Shepard: 2 Straight Arrows Ascending
Sam Shepard and Meryl Streep both made defining marks on New York stages before wandering afield.
By Playwrights Possessed, Namely Sam and Eugene
An O’Neill biography puts the drama centerstage, while a tantalizing compendium of Beckett-iana largely elides it.
Mary Martin and Barbra Streisand, Divas With a Difference
Two new bios examine the lives and careers of two musical-theatre giants: one most at home onstage, the other too big for any single medium.
