An Eye on the Future
25 American artists envision the theatre’s next 25 years.
Opinion
The Man Behind the Plays
Who was Shakespeare, anyhow? Do even the experts really know? And why should anybody care?
A Critic Infiltrates Paula Vogel’s Boot Camp
The results, she says, are transformational.
Riding the Waves of History: ‘The Gem of the Ocean’
How August Wilson created the ‘mother of all the plays’ and one of the central roles in his canon.
What Joseph Papp Got Right
Theatre’s lineage—traced through Thespis, Aeschylus, Shakespeare, and Papp—is inextricably linked to democracy’s.
Aunt Ester’s Children: A Century On Stage
The author looks back on the beginnings and development of his 10-play cycle, singling out one character as the most significant.
There’s Another Think There!
The rise and fall…and rise of ‘Seussical.’
Thinking About Writing About Thinking About New Plays
Or, how visual arts audiences got comfortable with radical innovation, while theatre audiences didn’t.
The Shape of Plays to Come
Our theatre is polarized into two cultures. What will make it whole again?
Art Will Out
Can we put the art in our arts institutions?
