No Sondheim Is Alone: 3 Directors on His First Posthumous Revivals
Lear deBessonet, Maria Friedman, and Tommy Kail compare notes on staging ‘Into the Woods,’ ‘Sweeney Todd,’ and ‘Merrily We Roll Along.’
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.
Will Davis at Rattlestick: An Artistic Homecoming
What would take a busy freelance director off the road? The chance to gather and serve communities—especially those who’ve been under-served.
When Lynne Met Barry: The Story of Manhattan Theatre Club
The company’s 5-decade journey from Off-Off-Broadway outlier to Broadway powerhouse has been steered all along by the same 2 leaders.
Stephanie Ybarra: Change Is Going to Win
The departing leader of Baltimore Center Stage talks about the challenges the theatre field is facing, and about the changes she was able to make to address them.
Nataki Garrett to Leave Oregon Shakes Amid Emergency Fund Drive
The artistic director’s departure caps a 4-year period of extraordinary promise, crisis, and controversy, while the festival seeks help with its next steps.
Hana Sharif Named Arena Stage’s Next Artistic Director
The current artistic director the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Sharif will succeed Molly Smith when the longtime AD retires in June.
Elizabeth McGovern Wants Us to See the Real Ava Gardner
In ‘Ava: The Secret Conversations,’ McGovern has written a vehicle for herself, as well as a tribute that plumbs the complications of a Golden Age beauty.
Robert Falls: Letting Go of the Goodman
After stepping down from the helm of the Chicago theatre he ran for 36 years, he’s directing—what else?—Chekhov’s ‘The Cherry Orchard.’
Two River’s 2 New Leaders: A Sort of Homecoming
Artistic director Justin Waldman and managing director Nora Deveau-Rosen have taken over a New Jersey theatre not far from NYC but with strong roots in its community.
Sarah Mantell Wins 2023 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
They take the honor for the as-yet-unproduced play ‘In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot,’ written for cast of 7 women, non-binary, and trans actors over 50.
