High Anxiety
Peering over the edge at the Humana Festival.
A Critic’s Summit
An interview with Robert Brustein and Frank Rich.
Fear of Falling
Pushing ‘Master Builder’ over the expressionistic edge.
The Boiling Point
Renegade energy and sophisticated technique are the marks of Printer’s Devil.
Apocalypse Avignon
The World Cup meets the collapse Western civilization.
Women’s Work: White Gloves or Bare Hands?
Why is it, playwright Tina Howe wonders out loud before an audience of women, that men can write with knuckles bared but women have to pull their punches?
The Raw and the Cooked
Two toothsome plays take a bite out of Humana.
Someone Lovely This Way Comes
Audra McDonald journeys from Fresno to ‘Ragtime’ and gets crowned Broadway’s favorite ingenue in the process.
Phylicia Rashad: The Distinguished Actress Tackles a Dangerous Role in Atlanta
Doing ‘Medea’ put her in touch with emotions she usually avoids, but as she learned, there can be great bliss in the release of rage.
A Modest Proposal
An award-winning playwright takes aim at undergraduate arts training, not to mention the Fortune 500, sex education, and the occasional piece of Republican legislation.
