Michael Maso: 40 Years on the Periphery of Genius
The Huntington’s longtime managing director reflects on 4 decades, and 4 artistic directors, at Boston’s largest theatre.
Category Archives: Features
Booze, Bard, Union Card: Drunk Shakespeare Troupes Get Organized
A spark that started in Chicago has caught fire around the country, as both staff and performers for Drunk Shakespeare join Actors’ Equity.
Meropi Peponides’s Artistic Producing, at Soho Rep and Beyond
As 1 of 3 leaders at the influential NY theatre, she spent the last 4 years helping it realize outsized ambitions, both onstage and on the balance sheet.
‘Flex’: Taking the Lady Train From the Arkansas Delta to Lincoln Center
Candrice Jones’s new play about a Southern girls’ basketball team has come a long way, but it hasn’t been a layup.
Letters to the Editor: Virginia Cares, Print Returns
A few reader responses to recent features and news.
This Month in Theatre History
July brings a myriad of stories from theatre’s past, from an actress who witnessed Lincoln’s assassination to the a grounbreaking Deaf-and-hearing production on Broadway.
NAATC Opens New Doors for Indy Theatremakers
The first Equity house run by and for Black artists in Indianapolis, Naptown African American Theatre Collective has made ambitious plans and lined up the support to realize them.
Peter Brosius Believes That Children Are Our Future
As he enters his last season leading Minneapolis’s Children’s Theatre Company, he reflects on the unique inspiration and value in making work for young people.
Indiana Rep’s Janet Allen, Benjamin Hanna: Staying Power
As IRT’s longest-serving artistic director, Allen has led the company with an eye on the future, and now it’s Hanna’s turn to serve Indiana’s unique Midwestern audience.
Alex Edelman, a Good Boy With Boundaries
In his Broadway show about Jewishness, antisemitism, and whiteness, ‘Just for Us,’ the comic makes audiences ponder who the ‘us’ is.
