Qui Nguyen Is Telling the Story of Asian America
How ‘Vietgone’ and ‘Poor Yella Rednecks’ subverts the Asian-as-foreigner trope to tell a distinctly American story.
Synetic Theater Announces Season of Adaptations
The lineup will feature a remount of the company’s physical adaptation of ‘The Tempest’ with a water-filled set.
New York Theatre Workshop Announces 2050 Fellowships for 2019-20
Six emerging directors and playwrights will participate in a yearlong residency with the company.
The Wilma Theater Announces 5-Show Season
The 2019-20 lineup will feature a world premiere adaptation of a poem, and works by Clare Barron, Aleshea Harris, and more.
Northlight Theatre Announces Plans for New Home
The theatre company plans to a new theatre in Evanston, Ill.
Arden Theatre Company Announces 2019-20 Season
The lineup includes two musicals by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.
Heidi Schreck Wins 2018 Hull-Warriner Award
The Dramatists Guild of America has selected Schreck’s ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ for the prize.
Three on the Aisle: Nobody Is Ever Pleased With the Tony Nominations
The critics discuss the surprises and snubs of the Tony nominations, plus how to present problematic classics.
Sean Daniels: Phoenix Rising
As he starts a job leading the theatre that changed his life, he wants to return the favor and make some changes there.
Mark Medoff: Communication and Connection
Playwright Mark Medoff, who won the Tony and the Olivier for his play Children of a Lessser God and who taught screenwriting and acting the University of New Mexico for 27 years, died on April 23 at the age of 79. I first met Mark Medoff at an audition. It was at the Mark Taper Forum annex in Los Angeles, and I was reading for him and the director Gordon Davidson, for a role in Mark’s new play, Children of a Lesser God. Though I had…
