Orlando’s Theatre Community Pitches In to Protect Pulse Funerals
Two Orlando theatres are creating and organizing a creative way to block Westboro Baptist Church’s anti-gay protests from view of mourners.
Stories by Suzy Evans
Suzy Evans is a former senior editor of American Theatre. She was previously a senior editor at Backstage, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard and more. Follow her on Twitter @suzyeevans and read more of her work at suzyeevans.com.
The Women’s Project Is Building a Better Pipeline
Setting out to build something more than another new-play fest, the theatre presents 5 new plays from all-female teams.
A New Role for London’s National Theatre: Off-Broadway Producer
In a first for the British theatre giant, it has helped create a new American production of Lucy Prebble’s ‘The Effect’ at the Barrow Street Theatre.
This Time It’s Personal for A. Rey Pamatmat
The playwright’s works come from within. Some also come from his own experience.
Life After ‘August’: Tracy Letts and Anna D. Shapiro in Conversation
The playwright and director came up together in Chicago theatre. Now they’re kicking off Shapiro’s Steppenwolf regime with Letts’s ‘Mary Page Marlowe.’
Inside the Playwright’s Studio at Soho Rep
The company’s free Write With Us invites members of the public into its writers’ creative process.
Bekah Brunstetter Wants You to Feel the Joy
The playwright’s work might deal with weighty subjects, but not so heavy that uplift is out of the question.
Front & Center for March 2016
Refreshingly unlikable female protagonists, underrepresented voices, and an array of new American plays take the stage this month.
‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’: Making a Musical on a TV Schedule
Each week the CW series serves up an hourlong musical comedy about its characters’ tangled inner lives.
Dominique Morisseau Is Telling the Story of Her People
The playwright wants to be a griot for her hometown of Detroit and beyond.
