Letters to the Editor
Theatre Facts dissent, a defense of the subscription model, and more.
April 1985
Travels With the Audience
Can challenging work survive in an age of impulse buying? Ambitious new plays may provide the answer.
The Trouble With Lyubimov
As director of Moscow’s avant-garde Taganka Theatre, he became ‘the theatrical conscience of his nation.’ Now in exile, his future lies in the West.
Stars & Strife Forever
In the New American Epics, drama busts out of the living room into the open spaces of our national history.
Stages
A new play from Beth Henley, second stages proliferate, theme seasons, and more.
On Leaving the Theatre
From ‘Theatre Poems and Songs,’ published by Methuen, London.
Huck’s in Trouble Again
Mark Twain’s classic encompasses the suffering which at once splits and joins a whole continent, but some can’t see that through the pain.
The Budget Brouhaha
Sharp talk in the media about arts funding, pro and con. Plus: global arts cuts, and tax code changes.
A New Role for Richards
On the National Council for the Arts, he’ll speak for the ‘tough, ephemeral’ art of theatre.
Watchful Eyes
TCG Observerships, the Roundabout’s new space, and comings and goings nationwide.
