The Gay Sensibility Travels ‘Gently Down the Stream’
Martin Sherman’s new play takes stock of a generational shift in attitudes as disorienting as it is heartening.
Category Archives: Interviews
Wayne Brady: Talk Less, Sing More
From Lola’s heels to Aaron Burr’s simmer, the improv and TV star feels at home onstage.
Jesse Green Is Looking for a Good Argument
Why did The New York Times hire another white guy to be their new co-chief theatre critic? He plans to work hard to show us why.
What Does ‘Foxes’ Say? Cynthia Nixon and Laura Linney Find Out
The stars alternate in the leads of Lillian Hellman’s spiky classic in Manhattan Theatre Club’s new revival.
How Sarna Lapine Makes ‘Sunday in the Park’ Sing
Family and time have something to do with how her new revival cracks open the great musical her uncle wrote with Sondheim.
In Pursuit of the Real ‘Anastasia’
Composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens talk about the musical’s long path to the stage.
Christine Ebersole, All Made Up for War
The Tony-winning actress returns to the Broadway stage in ‘War Paint.’
Robert Schenkkan’s Protest: A Portable ‘Wall’
Theatres who want to respond to the current political climate have a ready vehicle: an angry new two-hander by the author of ‘All the Way.’
Why T.D. Mitchell’s Female Marines Went Off-Base
In ‘Queens for a Year,’ the playwright dramatized the culture of silence around military sexual assault via five generations of warrior women.
Mark Ruffalo Stands Up for Acting
Schooled by Stella Adler in his profession’s highest ideals, he’ll get another chance to live up to them in Arthur Miller’s ‘The Price.’
