Fefu’s Friends, Old and New
Artists behind the 1977 premiere of María Irene Fornés’s groundbreaking play compare notes with artists from a new revival.
Category Archives: People
In ‘For Colored Girls….’, Adrienne C. Moore Has Come Full Circle
The ‘Orange Is the New Black’ actress, who once used a Ntozake Shange monologue as her go-to audition piece, is now starring in the Public Theater revival.
Lifetime Achievements
What can we learn from those who came before us? Things we will one day pass on.
André De Shields, Theatre God
The Broadway veteran, still kicking in ‘Hadestown,’ has blazed a path so that others may follow.
Godfrey L. Simmons Jr.: Vision and Mission
The co-founding leader of Ithaca’s Civic Ensemble prepares to take the helm of the similarly community-minded HartBeat Ensemble in Connecticut.
Conrad Ricamora Is Ready to Be a Leading Man
Why is he doing ‘Soft Power’ in New York while filming ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ in Los Angeles? Because he finally gets to play the hero.
An ‘Inheritance’ Deferred
In his long-gestating gay-legacy epic, Matthew Lopez speaks back to a work that helped shape him, ‘Howards End.’
6 Chicago Theatre Workers You Should Know
From dramaturgs to directors to teachers, here are 6 Windy City artists to keep on your radar.
Regina Victor: Critiquing With Love
Armed with the idea that truth-telling and empathy don’t have to be mutually exclusive, they founded Rescripted, an independent Chicago theatre publication.
Tim Sanford: Not Averse to Being Perverse
Playwrights Horizons’s outgoing artistic director has always programmed the plays he’d like to see, and sometimes plays his subscribers don’t.
