How Stan Lai Improvised a New Theatre From Old Forms
The legendary Taiwanese writer/director looks back on his long career, and discusses how American theatre compares to Chinese theatre.
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.
Linda Winer: I’m a Critic, Not a Click-Chaser
The longtime Newsday fixture—for decades New York’s only female first-string theatre critic—says she’s resigning, not retiring.
Criticism Needs Support (and a Diversity Upgrade)
Arts journalism is fighting for its life, but it’s well past time to invite new voices to join the fray.
Cheap Glitter and Profound Magic: Chris Wells’s ‘It Will All Work Out’
The writer/performer’s new show at Dixon Place promises a carnival ride through a memoir’s revelations.
A Hard Day’s Journey Into Night: Bobby Cannavale in ‘The Hairy Ape’
How the actor keeps it real at the center of a stunning new staging of O’Neill’s stylized 1922 drama.
The Gay Sensibility Travels ‘Gently Down the Stream’
Martin Sherman’s new play takes stock of a generational shift in attitudes as disorienting as it is heartening.
Jesse Green Is Looking for a Good Argument
Why did The New York Times hire another white guy to be their new co-chief theatre critic? He plans to work hard to show us why.
The Life of the Drama
Where would Broadway be without the nation’s nonprofit theatres? It’s impossible to say, so intertwined are their fortunes.
The Real Malloy
The composer behind ‘Great Comet’ and ‘Ghost Quartet’ makes music into theatre, and vice versa.
How Sarna Lapine Makes ‘Sunday in the Park’ Sing
Family and time have something to do with how her new revival cracks open the great musical her uncle wrote with Sondheim.
