This Month in Theatre History
April recalls the Hyers sisters, a prolific lyricist, a federal musical revue, a busy book writer, an August Wilson premiere, and an Anna Deavere Smith classic.
Category Archives: Features
The Courage to Produce: A Conversation on High School Censorship
A dialogue on how students, teachers, and parents can push back against a wave of conservative legislation and intimidation that threatens to chill theatrical expression.
Once More Unto the Breach for the Guthrie and Shakespeare’s Henriad
The flagship theatre memorably mounted Shakespeare’s popular history plays in 1990, and now they’re back for another repertory rotation.
How Aaron Tveit Made the Cut for ‘Sweeney Todd’
A tenor known for romantic leads, the actor-singer tackles the iconic demon barber with only a slight key change and an emphasis on the humanity as much as the horror.
Critical Steps: Under Covered
Even with arts journalism jobs in decline, emerging theatre critics keep training and finding new outlets for their voices.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
This Miami-focused roundup includes folks focused on developing Latine work, stage management, lighting design, immersive theatre, and more.
Making Space Onstage
Efforts like Fat Theatre Project and Broadway Bods are fighting for more opportunities for performers who identify as fat and to change the way they’re seen onstage.
The Path: How 6 Actors Learned Their Craft
From conservatories to MFAs to youth ensembles, the best training to reflect human behavior onstage can take as many forms as life itself.
J.T. Rogers: Looking Outward
The playwright of ‘Oslo’ and the new ‘Corruption’ likes to wrestle in public with the things that trouble him and our politics.
From Chicago, Contraction and Expansion
This month, theatres are still making tough programming choices as they look hopefully toward growing into the future, plus thoughts from Willow James and Tiffany Keane Schaefer.
