Judith Malina: A Vibrant Tremor
The Living Theatre cofounder embodied ‘beautiful, nonviolent anarchist revolution’ in her life and her art.
Category Archives: Features
PJ Paparelli Stages a Chicago Housing Crisis
American Theater Company’s docutheatre piece ‘The Project(s)’ takes up residence at the intersection of poverty, race and real estate.
Hungarian Theatre and Its Government Inspectors
In the face of the country’s continuing rightward drift, independent theatres show their mettle at Budapest’s dunaPart3 festival. (Part 1 of 2)
Anna Deavere Smith to Preview New Work as Part of NEH Lecture
The playwright/performer will speak about her search for the American character, including pieces from work-in-progress about the school-to-prison pipeline.
Know a Theatre: Virginia Repertory Theatre of Richmond, Va.
There’s no ‘art for art’s sake’ at this storied River City theatre, which has a rich history and keeps its focus on local artists and audiences.
‘Alice’ in a Rock-and-Roll Wonderland at Chicago Children’s Theatre
Rachel Rockwell and Michael Mahler’s new version takes inspiration from Joan Jett, Queen and the Beatles as much as from Lewis Carroll.
Randall Duk Kim and Anne Occhiogrosso Channel the Greats in ‘Then Came Each Actor’
The couple honor theatrical history with a retrospective of great actors—Eleanor Duse, Sarah Siddons, Edwin Booth—and their greatest roles.
In ‘Cenicienta,’ an Everyday Cinderella Spins Her Own Fairy Tale Variation
A coproduction of ZACH Theatre and Teatro Vivo, Rupert Reyes’s new take on the classic features found-object puppetry and forefronts themes of empowerment.
Bringing Foreign Companies to the U.S., One Visa Application at a Time
As producers at LaMama learned with their triple ‘Tempest’ series, arranging for foreign artists to perform on U.S. soil can be a stormy process.
This Month in Theatre History
From a shooting at a theatre to the founding of one, from government crackdowns to government funds, a look back at previous Aprils in the American theatre.
