The Taming of ‘Kiss Me, Kate’
The musical by Cole Porter, Bella Spewack, and Samuel Spewack started out more female-focused. What happened?
Category Archives: Theatre History
This Month in Theatre History
From the Broadway debut of ‘Hello, Dolly!’ to the first performances of Steppenwolf and the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre, January was hardly a cold month for theatre.
This Month in Theatre History
From the deadliest theatre fire in U.S. history to a young Tennessee Williams’s fateful move to New Orleans, December was a momentous month.
How the Shows Went On After 9/11, With an Assist From Ovid
Broadway may have reopened its theatres on Sept. 13, but it was Mary Zimmerman’s ‘Metamorphoses’ that seemed to capture and transform NYC’s grief.
This Month in Theatre History
From the first remote-controlled light board to the founding of the Alley Theatre, November has been a notable month in theatre.
The Theatre Mary John Built
Meet the driving force behind the institution that would become Milwaukee Repertory Theater.
This Month in Theatre History
From Jane Addams’s co-founding of Chicago’s Hull House to Jane Alexander as a fictional first female Supreme Court justice, October has been a notable month for theatre.
This Month in Theatre History
From Sophie Treadwell to David Mamet, from D.C.’s Kennedy Center to St. Paul’s History Theatre, September was a busy month for theatre.
This Month in Theatre History
From a sham buffalo hunt organized by P.T. Barnum to a stage production featuring Edison’s electric lights, August was a month of theatre to remember.
Laurence Luckinbill, Original Boy in the Band
Fifty years ago he signed on to star in the historic gay play because he knew playwright Mart Crowley, but it grew into much more than a favor for a friend.
