Our Roles in the Drama
‘Political theatre’ should not be an automatic putdown; both politics and theatre can lie or speak truth, depending on how they’re used.
Category Archives: Editor’s Note
The Great Color-Consciousness Raiser
Why reprint a 20-year-old speech? Less to show how far we’ve come (or not) than to marvel at what a great artist still has to say to us now.
A Peek Behind the Scenes? How About a Good Long Look
Our Production Notebook feature has expanded to offer a deep dive into all aspects of stagecraft.
Youth Theatre Is Not Wasted on the Young
Kids, even very young ones, carry the lived sensation of theatre with them, even if they don’t literally remember it.
A Sense of the Space: Where Dance/Theatre Leads Us
Theatres are stepping into new territory with site-specific dance—but then again, is there any other kind?
Tell a Vision: Is TV Better Because of Who’s Writing for It?
After all, the last time the medium had a supposed Golden Age was when it staged plays live. Coincidence?
Rock Was Theatre for David Bowie, and He Elevated Both
He acted onstage and in films, but he never gave a greater performance than in the role of rock god.
We’ve Got Issues—Special Issues, That Is
In addition to our regular themed editions—including our current one on acting training—we’re aiming to make each issue special in its own way.
Matter Over Mind: How Actors Learn to Embody Ideas (and Animate Bodies)
All stage performers must strike a balance between ‘head’ work and physical theatre, but the main trick may be not to see them as separate.
How Cornerstone’s ‘Chalk Circle’ in Watts Changed My Life
Staged 20 years ago in a labor action center in south Los Angeles, Lynn Manning’s Brecht adaptation hit me where I didn’t even know I lived.
