Philadelphia’s Freedom
Deep community roots sustain an African-American theatre with growing pains.
Category Archives: Mid Atlantic
Stories from Delaware, Washington, DC, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
The Stars of Bethlehem
A community mourns the loss of “the steel” through a unique theatrical event.
Someone Lovely This Way Comes
Audra McDonald journeys from Fresno to ‘Ragtime’ and gets crowned Broadway’s favorite ingenue in the process.
Open Call: A Year in the Lives of 15 Actors, Part 3
Rounding out their first year since graduation, members of ART’s class of 1995 find reading and spirituality at the center of their new lives as actors.
Open Call: A Year in the Lives of 15 Actors, Part 2
Now graduated and out working as actors, members of ART’s class of 1995 find themselves walking the fine line between personal choice and professional serendipity.
Open Call: A Year in the Lives of 15 Actors, Part 1
An ART graduating class hits the pavement of NYC.
Mamet Vs. Mamet
He’s playwright, director, theorist—and his own worst enemy.
‘Waltz’ in Three Dimensions
What a viewing of 3 different productions of Paula Vogel’s second-generation AIDS play reveals about its essence and possibilities.
The Persistence of Edward Albee
On the occasion of a rare American premiere, the playwright talks candidly about his new play, his long exile from Broadway, his public vs. private life.
West Probes Traumas, With No Flinching
Cheryl L. West is unafraid to go where her work take her, whether it’s the front lines of the HIV/AIDS crisis or the lives of generations of black women.
