Notes on Shakespeare 400: Too Much of a Bard Thing
Barbara Gaines’s Chicago Shakespeare Theater staged an ambitious yearlong program in 2016. I tried to match that ambition as an attendee, with mixed success.
Category Archives: Opinion
Four Decades Later, ‘Zoot Suit’ Still Fits
It’s sobering that Luis Valdez’s stirring Chicano protest musical is freshly relevant, but there’s nothing somber about its vibrant new staging.
Two States, Sure, but How About a Six-Play Solution?
Why Silk Road Rising is embarking on a reading series about Israel-Palestine.
Is Your Theatre Focused on Social Justice? Time to Step Up
Engage with your patrons and donors through conversations, events, and news.
NYC’s Experimental Fests, Starring Me (and Thankfully Others)
Interaction, immersion, identification, and exploration at this year’s Under the Radar, Coil, American Realness, et al.
How to Make It as a Poor Theatre Artist in New York City
So you want to be an artist, but have no personal wealth. 6 things to consider.
Market Rules: How We’ve All Been Reduced to Salespeople
Can art change the world? That may be the wrong question for an age when everything, including art, has become monetized.
The Arrogance of Losing, or Play the Game to Win
How the Colts’ crushing near-victory in the ’96 playoffs helped make me a playwright, for real.
To Sell or Not to Sell: How Would You Sum Up ‘Hamlet’?
One sign that Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy isn’t going away: No one can agree on what it’s about.
Is the Ticket Price Right?
Ticket pricing equilibrium is an ever-elusive puzzle for theatre managers. How do you find the sweet spot?
