In the Beginning Was the Body
From Lecoq and Laban to Michael Chekhov and Suzuki, U.S. movement training derives its strength and purpose from abroad.
In Search of Stillness
Capturing the purity and energy of not moving is the roof of the invisible body.
Moved to Silence
A good mime, asserted the late Marcel Marceau, trains to be an athlete of the heart.
Actors on the Move
Ten performers analyze the training regimens that animate them on stage.
Let’s Get Physical: What’s Happening Now?
U.S. movement teachers prefer either a hybrid or an integration of disciplines in the service of training the actor’s body.
Joseph Stein (1912-2010), Jerry Bock (1928-2010)
Memories of 2 men who infused ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ with their own smiling, brilliant personalities.
Casting Without Limits
What if theatres stopped using actors’ gender, age, race and body type to assign roles?
The Garcés Ultimatum
Authenticity and connection were elusive goals for Michael John Garcés. Then he landed at the helm of Cornerstone.
Sundance on the Move
Philip Himberg’s Sundance theatre lab is angling to become the American theatre’s premiere new-work development center. Is it working?
Scott Shepherd: Has It Happened Yet?
The actor brings his experimental bona fides home with a marathon ‘GATZ.’
