The Wounds Their Art Grew From: David Storey and David Lan
New memoirs of 2 artists associated with London’s Royal Court Theatre portray divergent quests to make work for themselves and for others.
Category Archives: Books
Afterword to ‘Eurydice’ in the Form of 20 Questions
The playwright reflects on her oft-produced take on the Greek myth about loss, and suggests both practical and philosophical approaches for future interpreters.
Who You Are Is All You Have: Truthfulness in the Audition Process
In their new book, Nicole Hodges Persley and Monica White Ndounou offer a practical guide through the audition process for actors of the global majority.
‘I Know What I’m Writing’: Emily Mann and ‘Execution of Justice’
In this excerpt from a new bio of the writer/director, she recalls how she created one of the American theatre’s seminal documentary theatre texts.
Push Me, Pull You: How ‘Sunday in the Park’ Got Put Together
In a delightful and illuminating new memoir/oral history, playwright/director James Lapine revisits the ups and downs of his first project with Stephen Sondheim.
Brian Stokes Mitchell: ‘How Did I Get to Be That Guy?’
The Tony-winning actor and singer talks about the impact he feels fortunate to have made as an artist.
Storied Selves: Biographies of Nichols and Stoppard
Two new books about men whose charmed and eventful lives were as much acts of creation as the plays and films they produced.
No Playwright Is an Island
New memoirs by Quiara Alegría Hudes and David Adjmi describe their arduous journeys to find themselves, as well as the communities that shaped them.
‘If This Is All I Get, This Can Be Everything’
In this excerpt from the new novel ‘We Play Ourselves,’ a playwright navigates the highs and lows of an Off-Broadway opening night.
It’s the Words That We Don’t Say That Scare Me So
Dialogue is mostly a form of behavior and personal revelation usually accidental. Therein lies a drama, and a mystery.
