Extra Seasoning: Artistic Directors Share Their Faves
Whose programs do the programmers admire most? We asked some U.S. theatre leaders and they told us.
Category Archives: Special Section
Safe Programming Is a Big Risk
Caution may make sense in a crisis, but our long-term missions require us to make bolder choices.
Carey Perloff: Left Coast, Right Time
After a quarter century at the helm of ACT, the classics-minded director/playwright is quitting while she’s ahead.
James Bundy: The Longest Run
His unprecedented tenure at Yale Rep may be topped off (fingers crossed) by a new theatre-and-school complex.
La MaMa Acts Locally, Thinks Globally
How New York City’s landmark avant-garde hub maintains its links across nations and generations.
Take Shakespeare for Granted? He’ll None of It
Our magazine doesn’t include the Bard on its annual most-produced lists, but this year he snuck his way to the top anyway.
The Gender & Period Count: The More Things Change…
Once again, new plays far outnumber revivals and classics—and they’re the only sector in which the playwriting gender gap is narrowing.
5 Artistic Directors in Search of the Perfect Theatre Season
How these leaders put their stamp on long-running theatres they inherited.
Offscript: Live From Drama Book Shop
This week’s guests are Lauren Gunderson, the season’s most-produced playwright, and Ken Cerniglia, dramaturg of Disney Theatrical Group, the force behind this year’s most-produced play.
The Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2017-18 Season
In her third year on this list, ‘I and You’ playwright Lauren Gunderson has shot to the top spot.
