Executive Letter for July/August: A Less Lonely Planet
Meeting with TCG’s Canadian counterpart, we recognize common challenges—and a common need for a broader perspective.
Category Archives: July/August 2015
Gertrude Stein and Gertrude Stein Again
A new revival of Frank Galati and Stephen Flaherty’s ‘Loving Repeating’ celebrates the life and language of the influential American expat writer.
This Month in Theatre History
From the birth of P.T. Barnum to the Broadway debut of ‘A Chorus Line,’ July has many historical events to boast about.
How to Cross the Critic-Artist Divide and Live to Write About It
Shaw, Bentley, Tynan—it’s not so odd for professional critics to work the other side of the footlights. But there are a few ground rules.
A Smaller, More Local Intiman Resurfaces in Seattle
How did Andrew Russell bring this venerable resident theatre back from the brink of debt and dysfunction? Slowly, carefully—and locally.
Postcards From Theatre Summer Camp at NY Stage & Film
Just far enough from New York to get away and stretch with new work, but close enough for a day trip, Vassar’s Powerhouse has been a theatre development hub for 3 decades.
Syria’s Most Marginalized People Share a Stage and Find Common Ground
What can theatre possibly mean to migrant workers and refugees in one of the world’s most violent regions? Ask ‘Antigone.’
Reunited Twins + Two Adaptations = ‘Double Trouble’
This new version of ‘The Parent Trap’ story, about teen girls separated by a divorce, draws on the German original but updates it for the contemporary U.S.
Emily Mann: The Quiet Radical
In 1990, the theatre’s board gambled on a young writer/director with an agenda. It’s paid off: Mann built a team around her vision, attracted new audiences, and steered the company through both crisis and triumph.
Puppets: Still Very Much a Thing
As today’s cutting-edge puppeteers peer into the souls of animated objects, they’re seeing the future—or rather, the eternal present—of the theatre.
