It’s Better With a Band: Musical Theatre’s Next Tune
Forget jukebox shows and rock stars; the American musical looks and sounds more like a jam session between indie bands and theatre artists.
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.
The Commons Touch
Thanks to a triumvirate of forward-lookers, a think tank grows in Boston.
After the Anger
Contemporary Russian theatre reflects a divisive political moment with rage, irony and low-fuss experimentation.
Pops’s Last Stand
In ‘Satchmo at the Waldorf,’ Terry Teachout conjures an icon at the end of his career.
Sarah Ruhl and Tracy Letts: 2 Playwrights and ‘Three Sisters’
A conversation about playmaking, ensemble acting, writing regimens—oh, and that Chekhov play they both adapted.
Selling It
With his second volume of lyrics, Sondheim makes the case for his theatrical vision, even when it’s led him down blind alleys.
Triple Threats
Emily Mann and Chay Yew write and direct plays, and they run theatres. Not necessarily in that order.
Art’s Demilitarized Zone
For Peter Sellars and Maya Zbib, mentorship isn’t a one-way exchange.
Digesting the Mega-Play
A full plate at Humana’s all-you-can-see new-play buffet.
Stephen Sondheim, Playwright in Song
In the midst of publishing two definitive books about his lyrics, the musical theatre master ponders his accomplishments, his way of working, and the form and future of the American musical.
