Power to the Actor
Great actors in the full sway of their passions are likely to be more persuasive conduits to the interior of plays than the arbitrary, decorative conceptions of postmodernist directors.
Category Archives: Mid Atlantic
Stories from Delaware, Washington, DC, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
A Pinter Puzzle Still Unsolved
Can you go ‘Homecoming’ again?
A Public Life: Remembering Joe Papp
Remembrances of the indomitable New York theatre pioneer.
Black Orpheus: A Mythical, Musical Story
A new spin on the old myth, inspired by the classic film and set in Trinidad.
Becoming a Playwright
A look back.
Double Jeopardy
With some tough battles behind him in Providence, Adrian Hall is back on the theatrical frontlines in Dallas.
Institution-as-Artwork
We may not have realized we were building long-lasting institutions to make theatre. But now that we have them, what should we do with them?
Bogart in Bali Hai’i
She’s a director who lights a fire under the familiar.
One Devil Too Many
The persistence, contra the puritans, of Marlowe’s ‘Doctor Faustus.’
Shepard Suite
A director and a jazz musician discover the music in a trio of Sam Shepard plays.
