Theatre Is Magic Is Theatre for Helder Guimarães
With his Geffen Stayhouse show ‘The Present,’ the illusionist aims to make a connection among dazzled, far-flung audiences via Zoom.
Category Archives: On the Scene
‘How Are You Making It Work?’
With a little help from her friends and colleagues—and some crucical advance planning—Sara Brunow was able to take Asolo Rep’s theatre education online.
Room to Grow in Arizona
Theatre in the Grand Canyon State reflects the region’s unique challenges and opportunities.
How an ‘Urban Rez’ Grew Into a ‘Native Nation’
Larissa FastHorse’s Cornerstone piece about L.A. County’s Native peoples wasn’t just adapted for Arizona—it was rebuilt from the ground up.
‘The Detention Lottery,’ Where You Do Have to Live Like a Refugee
A Seattle-based production gives participants a stark look at the jarring, often dehumanizing reality inside U.S. immigration courts.
The Night the Lights Went Off Off-Broadway
Theatre folks mourn closed shows and unseen work, and worry over the impact on emerging artists.
All the News That’s Fit to Stage
For the new show ‘Playwrights in the Newsroom,’ 2 Dallas artists trailed journalists and learned how and why they do their job.
A Triple Play in Houston
3 theatres partner to introduce Quiara Alegría Hudes’s Elliot trilogy to the town with the nation’s fourth largest Hispanic/Latinx population.
‘The Uninvited’ Revisits Reconstruction Where It Took Place, but Didn’t Take Root
New Orleans’s Goat in the Road Productions immersively restages an overlooked post-Civil War conflict.
Gypsy Rose Lee and Her Son, Together Wherever They Went
Erik Lee Preminger recalls his life on the road with his famous mother, from hotel-room fried chicken to a gun-toting grandma—oh, and plenty of skin.
