Featured Contributors, Dec. 2018
An overdue focus on designers, and a look at 2 new books on Broadway songwriters.
December 2018
Some Enchanted Music of the Night
A bio sums up Rodgers & Hammerstein’s achievement, and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s memoir is surprisingly lively.
City Theatre’s Long History With the Short Play
For 23 years this Miami theatre has made short-form theatre a priority, a specialty, and something of a superpower.
Stephanie Ybarra, Creative Producer
After honing an engaged producerial approach at the Public Theater, she takes the helm of Baltimore’s Center Stage.
The Parenthood Trap
A conversation with the playwright of ‘Cry it Out,’ a comedy/drama about bonds and conflicts among neighbors with young children.
Finding Joy in Tough Times
Amid a rough year, I heard stories of survival from folks seeing and sinking into moments of personal joy.
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.
We Will Follow
From emerging talents to unsung veterans, our regular Role Call feature shines a light on folks you ought to know.
Actor: Frank X
The Philly-based performer is known as one of the best around, but he doesn’t rest on his laurels so much as spread them around.
Choreographer: Robert Barry Fleming
Inspired as much by the avant-garde as by Golden Age Broadway, this multiple threat has a varied and ever-expanding toolkit.
