A Modest Proposal
An award-winning playwright takes aim at undergraduate arts training, not to mention the Fortune 500, sex education, and the occasional piece of Republican legislation.
Category Archives: Opinion
Istanbul Looking West: Art or Politics?
A Turkish festival mirrors the nation’s cultural crisis.
Subsidized Separatism: Responses to ‘The Ground on Which I Stand’
The debate continues in the wake of the address and its aftermath.
The Plays Tell the Tale
Humana is two decades old, and still surprising.
Mamet Vs. Mamet
He’s playwright, director, theorist—and his own worst enemy.
Addie’s Last Tape
A look at Steppenwolf’s new staging of Faulkner’s ‘As I Lay Dying.’
U.S.A. Today
Humana Festival playwrights project trouble on the home front.
Louisville Sizzles
At this year’s Humana Festival, American playwrights had one thing on their minds.
The Last Word
A playwright speculates on God’s theatrical opinions and other mysteries.
See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me
How the design team of ‘The Who’s Tommy’ reinvented a rock-and-roll classic.
