Front and Center with Highwayman’s ‘The Record’
Two artistic directors take inspiration from a live rodeo for a new performance piece.
Category Archives: Nationwide
Stories with a national scope.
‘Marie Antoinette’ Gets a Double Design Treatment
How the design team for David Adjmi’s “Marie Antoinette,” tackled downsizing the play for a smaller black box space.
That August Wilson Feeling
The words and music of an American master get a fresh read, and they’re as impossible, and transformative, as ever.
The More Theatre Changes…
Theatre has always been both old-fashioned and cutting-edge. A study of the ever-changing but remarkably consistent technology of live performance shows why.
Romeo Castellucci Opens Up to American Audiences
Italian director Romeo Castellucci talks theatre, air conditioning and observing art.
Theatre’s Technical Jobs: Much More Than Meets the Eye
From sewing to sketching, focusing to carpentry, the technical work of theatre can be as creative as it is practical. The best schools know there’s no substitute for on-the-job training.
How Split Britches Joined Lesbian Performance With the Avant-Garde
At the seminal WOW Cafe and beyond, Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver have inspired generations of theatremakers with their seriously playful hybrid of vaudeville, drag, and postmodern appropriation.
New Stage Technology Changes the Game Behind the Scenes, and in the Classroom
The ease and speed of digital solutions for the stage is creating new possibilities—and raising new questions about how to train artists for such a rapidly evolving field.
As a Production Manager, John Kearns’ Job Is Never Done
A busy day in the life of Chicago’s TimeLine production manager.
Quiara Alegria Hudes’s New Trilogy Inspired by Childhood in Philadelphia
Quiara Alegria Hudes discusses her new trilogy of plays, “Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue” (a Pulitzer Prize finalist), “Water By the Spoonful” (a Pulitzer winner) and “The Happiest Song Plays Last”.
