How the Web Is Changing Musical Theatre
The internet is spreading musical theatre like Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s “Edges” to a wider audience, and allowing small productions to become big hits.
Category Archives: Special Section
St. Louis’s New Line Theatre Has High Fidelity to New Musicals
Led by Scott Miller, this small theatre revives mostly nontraditional musicals, giving new life to underrated shows and shining new light on contemporary classics.
How Entrepreneurial Artists Are Changing the Face of Opera
L.A. Opera, Beth Morrison Projects, Gotham Chamber Opera, Opera Philadelphia and more show how opera is staying big by going small.
West African Remix: Tracks of Change in Dakar
How hip-hop in Senegal sparked a revolution—social, cultural, artistic and political—for the nation’s youth.
At the Kendu Hearth Conference, the Future of Theatre in Uganda
Despite recent political acts of intolerance, the nation’s theatre artists band together to forge a more harmonious future
Theatre in Egypt Before and After the Revolution
In post-revolutionary Egypt, a theatre culture beset by crises and censorship continues to search for its identity.
Roots in the Sand: A Timeline of Egyptian Theatre
In post-revolutionary Egypt, a theatre culture beset by crises and censorship continues to search for its identity.
Special Section: 3 Scenes in Africa
A preview to the special international section featured in the May/June 2014 issue.
Editor’s Note For May/June 2014
A note from American Theatre’s editor, Jim O’Quinn, on the May/June 2014 issue.
Aditi Kapil and Nathaniel Fuller Share a Common Map
For the playwright and the actor, playwriting is a game of push and pull, and being led past the comfort zone.
