How Does a Nerd Feel About the Spotlight? Go Ask ‘Alice Chan’
B.D. Wong and cowriter Robert Lee bring an awkward youngster to life for La Jolla Playhouse’s POP Tour.
Category Archives: Previews
He Said, She Said, and Then They Made a Show Together
How Megan Trout and Mark Jackson created the dance/theatre/social media duet ‘Now for Now.’
Kirsten Greenidge Tackles College Racism in ‘Baltimore’
Greenidge’s newest play, partly inspired by Black Lives Matter, is being produced on college campuses across the country.
Julia Cho Returns to Playwriting With ‘Aubergine’ and ‘Office Hour’
With ‘Aubergine’ at Berkeley Rep and ‘Office Hour’ at South Coast Rep, Cho returns to playwriting after six years.
Emerging Playwrights Get a Boost From the Kendeda Competition
Eleanor Burgess’s ‘Start Down’ is the latest entry in the Alliance Theatre’s new-play incubator for MFA students.
Front and Center This Month
Fairy tales, history both documented and reimagined, and works in translation are recurring themes this month.
Nashville Rep’s ‘Good Monsters’ Explores Humanity Beyond the Headlines
Nate Eppler’s new play explores the aftermath of a police officer-involved shooting.
5 Novellas, 5 Hours, 5 Years: The Goodman’s ‘2666’ Adds Up
In adapting Roberto Bolaño’s sprawling, disturbing novel for the stage, Robert Falls and Seth Bockley faced some tough choices.
Modernizing the Victorian Gothic in ‘The Moors’
Jen Silverman’s newest play, running at Yale Rep, is inspired by the Brontë sisters and Victorian Gothic, with a contemporary twist.
And Then There Was Nunn: A Master Nears a Finish Line
For his 35th Shakespeare, ‘Pericles,’ director Trevor Nunn decided to make it in America, at Theatre for a New Audience.