Live From Lviv: Ukrainian Kids Bring a Play to Brooklyn
A news story about a performance in a Ukrainian bomb shelter inspired the U.S. theatre company Irondale to fly a young troupe over, putting human faces on harrowing headlines.
Category Archives: Features
One Scarf Vs. Siberia: What Can ‘Fiddler’ Teach a Parent in a Dangerous World?
A beloved musical about refugees, and a new one about current U.S. border policies, hit unexpectedly hard in a newly unsettled time.
What Role Can Theatre Play in the Fight for Abortion Rights?
A play may not convince anyone but it can share information, hold a space for grief and complexity, de-stigmatize abortion, and rally troops demoralized by the fall of Roe.
Know a Theatre: Amphibian Stage of Fort Worth, Texas
This small storefront theatre in a walkable cultural district puts its focus on new work and on its neighborhood.
O’Neill Conference: Long Days’ Journey Into a Legacy
Scholars and fans gathered in Boston last month to consider, and reconsider, the contemporary and global relevance of the great, tormented American dramatist.
Dramaturgy Breaks Out: LMDA 2022 in Philly, in Pictures
Over 3 days in Philly, dramaturgs and others who use dramaturgy in their work met to share best practices and new definitions.
Robert Hooks: Always About the Ensemble
The pioneering co-founder of Negro Ensemble Company looks back on an acting and producing career that was never just about himself.
This Month in Theatre History
August spotlights Black theatrical trailblazers, a theatre company that conquered all media, and a big theatre for little folks in the Lone Star state.
An Audition Power Shift: Princeton Tries On a New Approach
‘Try On Theater Days’ aims to upend the often exclusionary practice of college theatre auditions by allowing students and faculty to mutually assess their fit with each other and the programming.
Theatre Heaven: A Place a Lot Like Festival d’Avignon
Among the usual outsized quantity of productions at this year’s fest was a strong and meaningful showing of work by Middle Eastern artists.
