You’re Only Live Once: Big Musicals Hit the Small Screen, With No Retakes
‘Grease: Live’ and ‘The Wiz Live!’ aim to wed TV’s reach to theatre’s liveness. Is this marriage working?
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.
One Way for Nonprofit Theatre to Go National: Via the Small Screen
Theatre is an inherently local medium, but two new PBS programs hope to reach new audiences with plays where they live.
Who Will Buy? Browsing Through NAMT’s Annual Musical Sampler Sale
The National Alliance for Musical Theater’s annual New York festival is a marketplace of new musicals in development.
The Queen’s English: Two New Plays Find Inspiration in Elizabethan Language
Meg Miroshnik’s ‘The Droll’ looks at the theatre of Elizabeth’s time, while Karin Coonrod’s ‘texts&beheadings/ElizabethR’ deconstructs her language.
‘Hamilton’ Creators Return to Celebrate Ars Nova Roots
The innovative Off-Broadway company honored alumni Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Jill Furman.
The Unsung Gender-Parity Warriors
Theatres that continue to program male-dominated seasons deserve scrutiny. But what about the many companies that are trying to get the balance right?
82 Theatre Companies With Playwriting Parity (and Better)
These organizations have made programming a preponderance of female playwrights a priority.
Samantha Barks Finds Her Outgoing Inner Child for Musical ‘Amelie’
Best known stateside as the big-screen Eponine, Barks throws herself into the role of a mischievous French waif.
The Cabinet Behind Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’
Like its subject, the new musical’s author has close aides and allies, including director Thomas Kail, music director Alex Lacamoire, and the Public’s Oskar Eustis.
How ‘Hamilton’ Found Its Groove
Lin-Manuel Miranda packed everything he knows about history, hip-hop, and musical theatre into his new hit show. No wonder ‘Hamilton’ is changing everything.
