How Patti Hartigan Learned What She Learned About August Wilson
A reporter and critic who knew Wilson nearly from the start of his playwriting peak, she wrote the biography she wanted to see.
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.
Marya Sea Kaminski and Shaunda McDill: Making Pittsburgh Public
The artistic director and managing director of Pittsburgh Public Theater make the case for programming that is uniquely fresh and local.
Reviewing the Situation With Sara Holdren and Jackson McHenry
Co-lead theatre critics at New York magazine/Vulture, they make the case that 2 heads are better than 1, especially covering a field in flux.
Sanaz Toossi, Aleshea Harris, Lloyd Suh: Finding Form and Who Their Plays Are For
The Pulitzer-winning author of ‘English’ and the Pulitzer finalists for ‘On Sugarland’ and ‘The Far Country’ gather to talk craft, language, expectation, and optimism.
Huntington Names Christopher Mannelli Next Executive Director
Currently co-leading Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, N.Y., Mannelli wiill follow Michael Maso’s 41-year term in the Boston post.
Theatre in Crisis: What We’re Losing, and What Comes Next
A look at this extraordinary moment of contraction for the U.S. theatre field, including a complete list of closures since March 2020.
Michael Maso: 40 Years on the Periphery of Genius
The Huntington’s longtime managing director reflects on 4 decades, and 4 artistic directors, at Boston’s largest theatre.
Meropi Peponides’s Artistic Producing, at Soho Rep and Beyond
As 1 of 3 leaders at the influential NY theatre, she spent the last 4 years helping it realize outsized ambitions, both onstage and on the balance sheet.
Peter Brosius Believes That Children Are Our Future
As he enters his last season leading Minneapolis’s Children’s Theatre Company, he reflects on the unique inspiration and value in making work for young people.
American Theatre’s Return to Print
Why, after 3 years of screen time only, we’re coming back IRL.
