Upstream Theatre's 'Antigone' Neither Avoids nor Exploits #Ferguson Echoes
Philip Boehm’s company debuts a new translation of Sophocles tragedy in a post-Ferguson St. Louis, and the resonances haven’t escaped him.
Category Archives: Features
5 Things We Love About the Prelude Festival
New York’s Prelude Festival offers brief, unpredictable samplers of a wide variety of work, plus cozy collegiality. Plus it’s free.
DCPA President Randy Weeks Dies at 59
Randy Weeks dies, leaving a legacy of presenting Broadway shows and other attractions to Denver audiences.
19 Playwrights Currently Getting a Shoutout on Broadway
Among the names dropped in Terrence McNally’s ‘It’s Only a Play,’ currently on Broadway, are some of the theatre’s finest writers.
Geoffrey Holder, 1930-2014
The versatile dancer/actor/director Geoffrey Holder died on Sunday at the age of 84.
Yury Lyubimov, 1917-2014
Born before the Revolution of 1917, Yury Lyubimov witnessed—and helped to create—Russian theatre history for nearly a century.
Know a Theatre: Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Run by lighting designer Andrew Hungerford, Know Theatre is nimble and new-play-oriented.
Marian Seldes: There Is No Map but There Is Family
Marian Seldes shared her wisdom with readers over the years; here a few of the best bits.
Stephen Karam Examines ‘The Humans’
The playwright gives a sneak preview of his new work, commissioned by NYC’s Roundabout and premiering this fall at Chicago’s American Theater Company.
In Conversation: Tony Kushner and John Lahr Talk Tennessee Williams
Tony Kushner talks with John Lahr about his new biography of Tennessee Williams, and what the playwright’s declining later years say about his art—and about America.
