News in Brief for April 2013
Space constraints, new musicals, and Shakespeare are among this month’s round-up of news items.
Category Archives: Nationwide
Stories with a national scope.
Nina Raine’s ‘Rabbit’ Explores Gender Politics
The play’s sexually aggressive female characters aren’t afraid to kiss and tell.
‘Vainglorious’ Stages the Napoleonic Era
Talleyrand and Ho! An ensemble-devised work about early 19th-century leaders takes the stage in Philadelphia.
Questions for Kevin O’Donnell
The Chicago sound designer/composer talks about the Hypocrites, and about a new folk musical with a jazz flavor.
Jessica Hecht: Head Tricks
The actress finds her own method (no, not that Method) of burrowing into a character.
It’s Better With a Band: Musical Theatre’s Next Tune
Forget jukebox shows and rock stars; the American musical looks and sounds more like a jam session between indie bands and theatre artists.
Executive Letter for April 2013: All Together Now
This month, executive director Teresa Eyring discusses transforming degrees of separation into degrees of connection.
Letters to the Editor (April 2013)
Readers wrote in to quibble with or praise our stories about entrepreneurship, nudity, and selling tickets.
Group Think
Shape-shifting ensembles are surfacing on major U.S. stages, trailing new techniques and changing the playmaking rules.
Awards for March 2013
Daniel Pearle wins the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award, Stephen Colbert is honored by Lookingglass Theatre Company, and more awards from our March 2013 issue.
