Deborah Cox’s New Dream Role: Josephine Baker
Taking a cue from the Jazz Age icon’s fearlessness, singer/actor Cox adds some dance to her résumé for a show at Asolo Rep.
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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.
From Gypsy to Librettist, With Severals Stops at Novelist
Tim Federle, author of ‘Better Nate Than Ever,’ talks about his journey from chorus boy to cowriter of the musical ‘Tuck Everlasting.’
For Michael John LaChiusa, When It Rains It Pours
With ‘Rain’ and ‘First Daughter Suite,’ the composer/lyricist returns to signature themes in typically uncharted ways.
The Roundabout Empire Wasn’t Built in a Day
How did a modest Off-Broadway company become America’s biggest nonprofit theatre? Having Todd Haimes at the helm probably didn’t hurt.
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.’
Misha’s Next Moves
As if running a Manhattan arts center weren’t enough, Mikhail Baryshnikov has two new solo shows on his dance card.
Lou Diamond Phillips’s ‘Burning Desire’: To Get Back Onstage
The versatile actor makes his playwriting debut with a romantic comedy in which he plays—who else?—the devil.
Tanya Saracho Has No Plans to ‘Fade’ Away
What to do when you’re writing for TV and worry you’ve lost your stage mojo? Write a play about writing for TV.
Vivienne Benesch Is Looking for Transformation
As the new artistic director of PlayMakers Repertory Company, she is focusing on new plays, diversity, community, and the future.
