La Jolla Playhouse Offers New Work With a Bite
The theatre is engaging new audiences with diverse work and a little nosh.
April 2017
Two Worlds in ‘War’
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s new play is a family drama fired by questions of race, class, and what it means to be human.
The Line in the Sand: How ‘Sneetches’ Spoke to a Divisive Moment
At Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Dr. Seuss’s ‘The Sneetches: The Musical’ offered a prescient tale of discrimination and acceptance.
This Month in Theatre History
From the first American stage comedy to NYC’s ban on burlesque and the launch of the Mark Taper Forum, April was showered with noteworthy theatrical events.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From a teaching artist in Kentucky to an actor in Berkeley, Calif., here are some theatre workers to have on your radar.
Remixing the Set of ‘Here Lies Love’
For the Seattle Rep run, the design team turned the immersive show into one that can play in a proscenium.
Wayne Brady: Talk Less, Sing More
From Lola’s heels to Aaron Burr’s simmer, the improv and TV star feels at home onstage.
The Life of the Drama
Where would Broadway be without the nation’s nonprofit theatres? It’s impossible to say, so intertwined are their fortunes.
The Play Makers: How New American Writing Makes It to Broadway
Is drama dying on the Main Stem? Not if these writers (and some enterprising nonprofits) can help it.
What Does ‘Foxes’ Say? Cynthia Nixon and Laura Linney Find Out
The stars alternate in the leads of Lillian Hellman’s spiky classic in Manhattan Theatre Club’s new revival.
