In Chuck Mee’s ‘Utopia,’ Heaven Is a Place on Earth
His new play, debuting virtually via Cutting Ball Theater, envisions a world beyond conflict and judgment, which for him is a kind of realism.
Stories by Rob Weinert-Kendt
Rob Weinert-Kendt is editor-in-chief of American Theatre. He was the founding editor-in-chief of Back Stage West and writes about theatre for the New York Times, Time Out NY, and the Los Angeles Times. He studied film at USC and is a composer member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop.
Online This Week: Forests, First Ladies, Endless Quarantine
A Lynn Nottage festival, audio plays galore, a few Shakespeares, kids’ stuff, and so much more.
Jose Solís: The Critic as Cheerleader, and Critics’ Lab Leader
Solís, who has been leading a BIPOC Critics Lab on his own steam, will lead one under Kennedy Center’s auspices next month.
Online This Week: Virtually Anything
Check into a motel, or have your mind read, or just sit back and listen to some showtunes.
Online This Week: From ‘Bulrusher’ to ‘Zero Cost House’
An especially strong week of archival recordings and live readings of buzzy plays.
Online This Week: Dates Vs. Streams
This week’s offerings include dystopian futurism, bipartisan Shakespeare, a coke-addled one-act, a global festival, and more.
At MainStreet, Great Theatre That Happened to Be Good for Kids
A look back at Rancho Cucamonga’s TYA powerhouse, which lost its sole employee, producer Mireya Hepner, to the pandemic lockdown.
Online This Week: Games, Greed, and Memory
This week: a Nick Cordero memorial tribute, festivals of Latinx writers and young playwrights, Harriet Harris as Eleanor Roosevelt, and a Madhuri Shekar encore.
Online This Week: Convention Counter-Programming
Reunion readings, benefit concerts, archival recordings, special events, and more.
Online This Week: What Is Theatre?
From a ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ watch party to a Beethoven bio-play with music, this week offers many answers to the eternal question.
