Matt Shakman’s Geffen: In With the New
The theatre’s new artistic director hopes to make it a home for new plays and a wide range of voices that reflect Los Angeles.
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.
A Note to the Field
Can American Theatre magazine take a new approach to covering abuse and injustice in the theatre?
At New York Stage Review, Critics Are Doing It for Themselves
Five credentialed writers have bucked the trend of arts journalism cutbacks to create a new review website.
We Start by Acknowledging the Land
Our nation’s Native history is all around us, if we would only pay attention. One place to look: at a rising generation of Native theatremakers.
Raising Native Voices, Then Amplifying Them
After years of nurturing writers and performers, the work of L.A.’s Native American theatre is finally paying off.
Places We Never Dreamed We’d Go
What do we owe to this quarter-century-old American classic? More life.
History Cracks Open, Again
Tony Taccone, a co-pilot for the first flight of ‘Angels in America,’ brings Kushner’s epic back home to Berkeley.
Bill Rauch’s Next Once-in-a-Lifetime Move
The Oregon Shakes leader will cross the country to take on a new challenge: to lead a performing arts center at New York’s World Trade Center.
Chris Coleman’s Portland-to-Denver Trip
After leading a big transition at Portland Center Stage, he’s making one of his own to take the reins at Denver Center Theatre Company.
Pam MacKinnon Takes the Helm of California’s ACT
The Tony-winning Broadway and regional freelance director succeeds longtime leader Carey Perloff.
