Offscript: How Is This Time for Jews Onstage Different From All Others?
A conversation with Joel Grey, Tovah Feldshuh, Caissie Levy, Michael Arden, and Bess Wohl about portrayals of Jewishness and antisemitism on New York stages.
Equity to Hold Times Square Rally While Broadway Talks Continue
Under the slogan ‘It’s About Time,’ AEA members will gather to push for a better deal on Broadway understudies, scheduling, and workplace safety.
Taking It to the Streets
Socially engaged performance has a rich history in this country, and it deserves an account as localized and multivocal as its leading practitioners.
For ‘The Lion King’s’ Ray Mercer, Life Keeps Coming Full Circle
As he marks his 20th year in a show now celebrating its 25th Broadway anniversary, Mercer says that enthusiastic audiences—and a certain amount of backstage pranks—are what keep him energized.
Why My Journey With ‘KPOP’ Feels Like a Broadway Homecoming
For the show’s associate music director/lyric dramaturg, ‘KPOP’ brings together 2 things that are precious to her: the Broadway musical, and contemporary Korean and Korean American culture.
Diep Tran Is Excited to Lead Playbill—Well, Excited and Scared
American Theatre’s former senior editor talks about her new editor-in-chief gig, and how she thinks the theatre discourse has changed for the better.
SDCF Launches Professional Development Program
The program will allow for 15 applicants to shadow, observe, or support experienced choreographers and directors during a production process.
New Study Measures the Sales Decline of the 2021-22 Season
JCA Arts Marketing’s study showed declines in seats sold and revenue per performance, driven in part by last year’s omicron surge.
I’ve Got a Beautiful Feeling About the Future of Hammerstein’s Farm
The 5-acre farm in Doylestown, Pa., where Oscar Hammerstein II wrote his epochal musicals is being turned into a museum and education center.
‘Shared Sentences’: Families Doing Time Together on the Outside
A new production from Houses on the Moon Theater Company explores the untold stories of family members whose loved ones are incarcerated.
