Rutina Wesley, From ‘True Blood’ to ‘Twelfth Night’
The Old Globe’s newest Viola talks about same-sex attraction in Shakespeare, playing against type, and the wonders of Fiona Shaw.
Features
This Month in Theatre History
From the birth of P.T. Barnum to the Broadway debut of ‘A Chorus Line,’ July has many historical events to boast about.
How to Cross the Critic-Artist Divide and Live to Write About It
Shaw, Bentley, Tynan—it’s not so odd for professional critics to work the other side of the footlights. But there are a few ground rules.
Know a Theatre: Theatre Britain of Plano, Texas
This small one-stage theatre exclusively produces works by British playwrights, with an emphasis on farce and a specialty in panto.
A William Inge World Premiere, Only 50 Years Late
‘Off the Main Road,’ a long-unproduced play by the Kansas-born writer, will make its long-overdue premiere at Williamstown Theatre Festival this summer.
Offscript: Jane Chu, the NEA, and the Kilroys
This week’s guest is chairman of the NEA Jane Chu, who discusses arts funding and ‘South Pacific.’ Plus, highlights from the TCG National Conference in Cleveland and a discussion of the new Kilroy’s list.
Syria’s Most Marginalized People Share a Stage and Find Common Ground
What can theatre possibly mean to migrant workers and refugees in one of the world’s most violent regions? Ask ‘Antigone.’
Reunited Twins + Two Adaptations = ‘Double Trouble’
This new version of ‘The Parent Trap’ story, about teen girls separated by a divorce, draws on the German original but updates it for the contemporary U.S.
Emily Mann: The Quiet Radical
In 1990, the theatre’s board gambled on a young writer/director with an agenda. It’s paid off: Mann built a team around her vision, attracted new audiences, and steered the company through both crisis and triumph.
Have You Met Miss (Rhodessa) Jones? She Owns the Earth and Sky
She comes from a large family of theatremakers. Is it any wonder she makes family, and theatre, everywhere she goes, from Cultural Odyssey to the California’s prisons?
