Category Archives: Issue

To Catch the Conscience of a Nation

Occupy Wall Street’s inherent theatricality is bolstered by artistry from cadres of the committed.

The acclaimed author of ‘Jerusalem’ talks about writing, relationships and his secret advice from Harold Pinter.

The class struggle in David Lindsay-Abaire’s ‘Good People’ may be even more relevant now than it was when the play premiered 3 years ago.

‘Just a Dream: The Green Play,’ a show for young people about the environment, will tour D.C. area schools this month and next.

An intimate take on ‘The Birds.’

A class-conscious ‘Oleanna’ in Oakland.

‘Futurity’ is an unlikely alt-rock musical about Ada Lovelace and the Civil War.

Our complicated national history plays out through two couples, one black and one white, in Jacqueline Goldfinger’s new play ‘slip/shot.’

Successes for Steppenwolf, Swine Palace, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Sutton Foster.

A theatremaker who has found politics increasingly salient in his work speaks up for their place onstage.