It’s Better With a Band: Musical Theatre’s Next Tune
Forget jukebox shows and rock stars; the American musical looks and sounds more like a jam session between indie bands and theatre artists.
Category Archives: Features
Plunging into Character
A grueling photo shoot puts actors’ training to the test.
Between the Lines: A Look Back at American Theatre’s Playscripts
The 150 featured plays, by scribes ranging from Emily Mann to Will Eno, represent a stirring spectrum of dramatic voices.
Moving On In: Playwrights Taking Residence
Playwrights are taking up residence at U.S. theatres large and small.
Murder Most Funny in ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’
The new musical from Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak tells its grisly tale with just the right measure of taste, tone, and intent—and a whole lot of Jefferson Mays.
20 Questions With Walter Mosley
The author known for crime fiction novels talks up his play at Chicago’s Congo Square Theatre Company.
Group Think
Shape-shifting ensembles are surfacing on major U.S. stages, trailing new techniques and changing the playmaking rules.
Letters to the Editor for March 2013
Readers both reinforce and challenge our article, “The Artist as Entrepreneur,” and more.
Launch Pad Develops New Works Through University Productions
In the no-man’s-land between workshops and professional premieres, a university production can be just what a new play needs.
Going Once, Going Twice
Come for the shopping, stay for the theatre.
