What Was the Wooster Group Thinking With Pinter’s ‘The Room’?
After percolating for nearly 40 years, the Group’s notion of staging Pinter finally clicked after a trip to China. But for now this door has closed.
Category Archives: On the Scene
‘All New’ Plays Take the Stage at Alley Theatre
The Houston company tries its hand at new-play development for the first time.
Little Money but Plenty Coeurage of Conviction
One of L.A.’s best small theatres runs like a business, minus the finances but not the headaches.
Sampling Locally Grown, Artisanal Theatre at Portland’s Fertile Ground
Amid the January rains, theatre artists and audiences scramble from show to show at a festival of seedlings, blossoms, and tilling for future harvests.
Pulled in All Directions, Especially New Ones, by New York’s January Festivals
In a week of showgoing, I enjoyed reconnecting with my performing-arts-presenter peers, but also searched for points of entry for the uninitiated.
Humanity, Humor, and a Live Chicken: NYC’s Many Experimental Festivals
Performance installations, dance performances, an “algorithmic concert”—January festivals presented works that defied categorization.
The 24 Hour Company Ushers in a New Decade of Theatre Artists
The 24 Hour Company continues to bring theatre makers around the world together to create short plays in a concise time frame.
Beyond the Comfort Zone at the WoW and BOSSS Festivals
Site-specific theatre festivals from La Jolla Playhouse and En Garde Arts make audiences work for their theatre—and it’s worth it.
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.
Experimenting in the Playwrights’ Center’s PlayLabs
The Minnesota company builds community around dramatists with its annual 10-day festival devoted to developing new work.
