New York City’s Two-Way Street
Not much makes it to the stage in our nation’s putative theatre capital that didn’t come from somewhere else.
Category Archives: Broadway (and Beyond)
Each spring theatre observers and the national press whip themselves into a Tony-focused frenzy over the plays and musicals on offer at a handful of theatres in one tourist district of Manhattan. But is Broadway still the place where the fortunes of U.S. theatremakers are made and new repertoire minted? This issue takes stock of artists and trends with pedigrees beyond and before the Great White Way.
Laurie Metcalf and Her Double
How one of our greatest living stage actors keeps it real, even when playing a not-quite-real Hillary Clinton.
Uptown vs. Downtown? Tear Down This Wall
Experimental theatre artists Heidi Schreck, Daniel Fish, Taylor Mac, and Young Jean Lee aren’t so much joining the Broadway conversation as leading it.
A New Golden Age for the Broadway Musical?
With ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ at its back, the American musical is thriving like never before.
Daryl Roth: Producing With a Purpose
After 30 years in the business, what one of the most powerful women in the theatre has learned along the way.
The Long, Strange Flight of ‘Mockingbird’
The new Broadway version, and its legal battles, are just the latest chapter in a complicated 50-year history of the popular novel’s theatrical life.
