The Runway From ‘Drag Race’ to the Stage
From regional theatres to Broadway, stars minted by RuPaul are showing up in a wide range of roles, pointing the way toward a more inclusively fabulous field.
All Stories About Angels in America
This Month in Theatre History
From a 19th-century play about the African-American experience to Pulitzer winners ‘Angels in America’ and ‘I Am My Own Wife,’ May was a memorable month for theatre.
Joe Mantello: The Way We Do the Things We Do
As a director, he’s interested in how people act on each other; he also has a visual instinct. Both came in handy for ‘Three Tall Women.’
Three on the Aisle: April Madness!
On this episode, there’s so many great shows and so little time to talk about them! The critics discuss “Three Tall Women” and “Angels in America” on Broadway, plus composer Erin McKeown stopped by.
Three on the Aisle, Or Is It Four?
This week, the Chicago Tribune’s Chris Jones joins the three critics to talk about ‘Hamilton’ on tour. Plus, ‘Angels in America,’ a history play or newly relevant?
Places We Never Dreamed We’d Go
What do we owe to this quarter-century-old American classic? More life.
History Cracks Open, Again
Tony Taccone, a co-pilot for the first flight of ‘Angels in America,’ brings Kushner’s epic back home to Berkeley.
Lee Pace, Not Your Regular Joe
A role as the gay Mormon lawyer in ‘Angels in America’ on Broadway brings the Texas-born actor back to a play that helped make him an actor.
National Themes: How Britain’s Subsidized Theatre Helped ‘Angels’ Fly
The National Theatre revival, now headed for Broadway, brings an American play’s long London history full circle.
Would ‘Angels’ Get Off the Ground Today?
This epic ‘gay fantasia’ emerged from the recession-wracked regional theatre of the early 1990s, but the field may be even more risk-averse now.
