This Month in Theatre History
From the repeal of a Pennsylvania anti-theatre law to the premieres of ‘Oklahoma!’ and ‘M. Butterfly,’ March was a memorable month for theatre.
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Harvey Schmidt, My Accidental Partner in Magic
He didn’t set out to write shows any more than I did, but when the music and the theatre called, we followed.
Cutting Ball Passed to Ariel Craft
Where will she take the experimental theatre she inherits from its co-founders? Its history of risk and radicalism points the way.
The Borders of Our Lives
The writer of ‘The Ghosts of Lote Bravo’ talks about embracing her heritage and depicting the pain of exploited women.
Places We Never Dreamed We’d Go
What do we owe to this quarter-century-old American classic? More life.
History Cracks Open, Again
Tony Taccone, a co-pilot for the first flight of ‘Angels in America,’ brings Kushner’s epic back home to Berkeley.
The Children of ‘Angels’
A generation of playwrights reflects on a play that still sets the bar high for their work.
Lee Pace, Not Your Regular Joe
A role as the gay Mormon lawyer in ‘Angels in America’ on Broadway brings the Texas-born actor back to a play that helped make him an actor.
John Mahoney, Stage Creature and Child of God
This private, devout, and thoughtful man shared so much of himself onstage because that’s where he had the most to give to others.
Outsiders of Long Standing
What U.S. Jewish narratives have to say to an age of rising hatred and exclusion.
