Living out Loud
Actor/writer/composer Nick Blaemire’s pop musical “A Little More Alive,” directed by Sheryl Kaller, runs at Kansas City Repertory Theatre
Category Archives: Features
‘Play It By Heart’ Plays Again
A musical gets a makeover before its run at the Human Race Theatre Company.
Interrobang Theatre Project Reworks Ibsen’s ‘The Doll’s House’
Interrobang Theatre Project in Chicago and playwright Calamity West adapt Ibsen into “The Doll’s House: Ibsen is Dead.”
A (Literally) Magical ‘Tempest’
Director Aaron Posner teams up with Teller to include magic in their production of “The Tempest” at the American Repertory Theater.
West African Remix: Tracks of Change in Dakar
How hip-hop in Senegal sparked a revolution—social, cultural, artistic and political—for the nation’s youth.
At the Kendu Hearth Conference, the Future of Theatre in Uganda
Despite recent political acts of intolerance, the nation’s theatre artists band together to forge a more harmonious future
Theatre in Egypt Before and After the Revolution
In post-revolutionary Egypt, a theatre culture beset by crises and censorship continues to search for its identity.
Roots in the Sand: A Timeline of Egyptian Theatre
In post-revolutionary Egypt, a theatre culture beset by crises and censorship continues to search for its identity.
Special Section: 3 Scenes in Africa
A preview to the special international section featured in the May/June 2014 issue.
Offscript: Humana Festival Edition
AMERICAN THEATRE looks back on the 38th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, which featured new plays by Kimber Lee, Lucas Hnath and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. AMERICAN THEATRE’s senior editor Rob Weinert-Kendt sat down over Skype for a podcast conversation with two theatre critics: Erin Keane—arts reporter and theatre critic from Louisville’s NPR station WFPL—and Bill Hirschman, editor and critic of Florida Theater On Stage. They discussed the festival’s offerings, if art for art’s sake is a good idea and the critic’s obligation to the playwright.
