‘Measure Still for Measure,’ With Theatre as Problematic Subject and Star
Director/writer Jessica Kubzansky celebrates the 20th anniversary of Boston Court Pasadena by immersing audiences in a fraught rehearsal process across the entire site.
Features
Making Friends With the Arts and Each Other
A new Wallace-commissioned report looks at various ways arts learning can connect and sustain young people.
Alan Eisenberg (1935-2023)
The longest serving Actors’ Equity Association executive director, he led the union from 1981 to 2006.
People to Watch
A Pennsylvania-based director with a busy season ahead, and a Seattle-based writer and performer with strong point of view and a solo mini-tour.
Spaced Out in Chicago: When Storefront Theatres Run Out of Storefronts
The loss of multi-venue spaces over the last few years has shaken the city’s small theatre scene, leaving some companies searching for new homes.
This Month in Theatre History
October saw Congress vote against theatre, Frederick Douglass inveighing against minstrelsy, a ‘Shuffle Along’ sequel, a gravity-defying musical, and the passing of a genre-defining playwright.
Larissa FastHorse and Ty Defoe Make a Show ‘For the People’
Their new play for the Guthrie is a comedy, in large part because that’s what the Native community in the Twin Cities asked for.
Destinos Honors Ancestry, Posterity, y the Creative Alchemists de Hoy
This year’s 6th annual Latiné festival prepares to crack open the possibilities of the American theatre with ‘un poquito de todo.’
Marilyn Miller, Manager and Mentor
Long associated with the New York-based Phoenix Theater, she went to work as a general manager on several Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.
Are the Ticket Prices Too Damn High?
Box office isn’t the main revenue source for most nonprofit theatres, nor is pricing the biggest barrier for most patrons—but both sides of this exchange could benefit from more transparency.
