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Category Archives: Nationwide
Stories with a national scope.
Your Place or Ours?
A growing movement of place-based theatre draws on historical precedents to build something profoundly local and ever new.
Louisville Sizzles
At this year’s Humana Festival, American playwrights had one thing on their minds.
‘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.
Grim Reaper Is Strong Presence in Louisville
Death came for everyone, or nearly so, in this year’s Humana Festival offerings.
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.
Marsha Norman’s Triple Play
What 3 new works by the author of ‘’night, Mother’ say about her unique career arc, and about the field in which she’s gained a tenuous but undeniable hold.
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.
Hamlet’s Body
How the Suzuki technique has helped StageWest’s new production rebuild Shakespeare’s play from the feet up.
Three Women Talking
British playwright Arnold Wesker’s new play about gender relations opens at Chicago’s Northlight Theatre.
