Family Troubles and Hostile Takeovers in London
New plays from Jez Butterworth, James Graham, and Lucy Kirkwood throw its characters and their values into sharp relief and thrilling conflict.
Opinion
How to Make Relevant Theatre in 2017: Lessons From Philly Fringe
Theatre is reflecting our world back at us. But are we feeling it?
Body, Ritual, Time: Impressions From Portland’s TBA
Over 10 days of performance art, lines between performer and audience blurred, then disappeared altogether.
Arabs and Muslims Onstage: Can We Unpack Our Baggage?
American theatres still have a habit of seeing Middle Eastern characters as embodying controversy rather than humanity.
Shylock, Remade in the Venice Ghetto
What we learned about ‘Merchant of Venice’ by staging it in the city where it was set.
Administrators Can Be Visionaries Too
Artistry isn’t the only thing that makes theatre happen. We ignore that at our peril.
He Said, He Said, She Said: A Tale of 3 Hamlets
What a piece of work is ‘Hamlet,’ as sampled in London, New York, and Colorado.
Politics, Playmaking Collide at the Edinburgh Fringe
A dispatch from this year’s record-breaking festival, where 3,000 shows competed for theatregoers’ attention.
Succession and Diversity Must Go Hand in Hand
With 20 major American theatres facing leadership transitions, boards and search firms have to do better than the status quo.
Our Reflection Talks Back
In the digital post-truth era; theatre of the real doesn’t just dramatize change—in some case it embodies it.
