Digesting the Mega-Play
A full plate at Humana’s all-you-can-see new-play buffet.
Category Archives: Opinion
Casting Without Limits
What if theatres stopped using actors’ gender, age, race and body type to assign roles?
A Gay Marine’s Journey Home
A crisis of conscience in Iraq becomes the raw material for ‘The Eyes of Babylon.’
Shabby Chic
This year’s Humana paired old-fashioned plays with experimental ensembles.
It’s Time To Translate Shakespeare—Into Contemporary English
After 400-plus years, the approximate, half-understanding fog through which we hear much of the Bard’s language won’t do anymore.
The Importance of Daydreaming
For actors, voice training and new discoveries in neuroscience can help bridge the disconnect between mind and body.
Broadway in Black and White
Post-racial? Not on the Great White Way.
Not There Yet
What will it take to achieve equality for women in the theatre?
Plot? Mostly Not. No problem.
Humana’s varied menu is bolstered by new-play investigations.
An Eye on the Future
25 American artists envision the theatre’s next 25 years.
