Sam Gold on the High Wire
The New York director balances classics and new plays, in big venues and small, while stripping away the safety net.
Category Archives: Mid Atlantic
Stories from Delaware, Washington, DC, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Stephen Sondheim, Playwright in Song
In the midst of publishing two definitive books about his lyrics, the musical theatre master ponders his accomplishments, his way of working, and the form and future of the American musical.
Scott Shepherd: Has It Happened Yet?
The actor brings his experimental bona fides home with a marathon ‘GATZ.’
Broadway in Black and White
Post-racial? Not on the Great White Way.
The Tamiment Connection
How vacations in the Poconos shaped the American musical.
Glamming It Up With Taylor Mac
A drag performer and playwright fiercely embodies his own speculations about beauty and imperfection.
Anne Kauffman: Riding the Language
Writers forging their way into quirky new territory are her cup of tea.
What Joseph Papp Got Right
Theatre’s lineage—traced through Thespis, Aeschylus, Shakespeare, and Papp—is inextricably linked to democracy’s.
Joseph Chaikin: 1935-2003
Remembering the momentous meeting that began 4 decades of collaboration.
Racine Meets His Match
The troupe’s distanced yet extremely physical take on ‘Phedre.’
