The Business of ‘Carol’
More than a mere box-office cash cow, Dickens’s classic is a community builder, a gateway drug, and a holiday tradition.
Category Archives: Issue
Crucial Connections: Theatre Facts 2018
The latest edition of TCG’s annual industry report finds theatres focusing on relationships.
Featured Contributors, Nov. 2019
Two writers explore Chicago theatre, from the city’s ensemble ethos to the effects of racism on the contemporary theatre scene.
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.
Theatre Administrator: Joan Channick
The best way to follow her path-breaking lead, she says, is not to follow in her exact footsteps.
Drag Queen: Darcelle XV
This 89-year-old Portlander tells how and why he became the world’s oldest living drag queen performer.
Lighting Designer: Allen Lee Hughes
The prolific artist has created around 400 designs in a career spanning five decades—and counting.
Costume Designer: Toni-Leslie James
Her students keep her young, she says, as she balances new jobs, Broadway productions, and regional work.
Activist Performer: Rhodessa Jones
The 70-year-old performer believes art should save lives, just as theatre saved hers.
