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.
Features
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.
What Is a Musical Now? The Polyphone Festival Jammed Some Fresh Answers
Theatremakers joined students at the University of the Arts for theatricalized concert versions of sounded the limits of the musical theatre form.
Chekhov, Our (Distracted, Prosaic, Prophetic) Contemporary
Somehow a Russian doctor who died in 1904 was able to pre-diagnose our 21st-century ways of not connecting, of spending our lives alone together.
Rebuilding While Rebelling: Carey Perloff’s First Year at A.C.T., Part 2
Her renegade first season at the earthquake-ravaged A.C.T. sparked outrage—and a surprise denouement.
