St. Louis’s New Line Theatre Has High Fidelity to New Musicals
Led by Scott Miller, this small theatre revives mostly nontraditional musicals, giving new life to underrated shows and shining new light on contemporary classics.
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.
In The Heart Of The Beast Theatre Company Uses May Day Fest To Address Issues
Puppet theatre company uses festival as a platform for protest, awareness, and discussion.
Nanny Status: Reaching out to more than one audience
Lisa Loomer’s “Living Out,” which premiers at the Gala Hispanic Theatre, utilizes supertitles to reach a wider audience.
Offscript: Humana Festival Edition
AMERICAN THEATRE looks back on the 38th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, which featured new plays by Kimber Lee, Lucas Hnath and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. AMERICAN THEATRE’s senior editor Rob Weinert-Kendt sat down over Skype for a podcast conversation with two theatre critics: Erin Keane—arts reporter and theatre critic from Louisville’s NPR station WFPL—and Bill Hirschman, editor and critic of Florida Theater On Stage. They discussed the festival’s offerings, if art for art’s sake is a good idea and the critic’s obligation to the playwright.
Lapine, Fontana, and Shalhoub Talk Moss Hart And ‘Act One’
In an interview moderated by American Theatre’s Rob Weinert-Kendt, James Lapine, Santino Fontana, and Tony Shalhoub discuss their show ‘Act One,’ based on the memoir of Moss Hart.
April 2014 In Theatre News
A brief look at theatre news across the country for the month of April.
‘The Uncanny Valley’ Plays In Boise
The new play by Dwayne Blackaller and Matthew Cameron Clark questions what it means to be human.
March 2014 In Theatre News
Nationwide theatre news for March 2014, from Los Angeles to North Carolina.
A Painful Passage Remembered in Nilo Cruz’s ‘Sotto Voce’
In the background of his new play: the island of Cuba, and a rejected ship full of refugees from Nazi Germany.
Carson Kreitzer and David Bar Katz Find Common Ground In Comic Books
Playwrights discuss writing about Wonder Woman and Superman, and comic-book history.
