The Unsung Gender-Parity Warriors
Theatres that continue to program male-dominated seasons deserve scrutiny. But what about the many companies that are trying to get the balance right?
All Stories About Arena Stage
How Lynn Nottage, Inveterate Wanderer, Found Her Way to Reading and ‘Sweat’
The playwright of ‘Ruined’ and ‘Intimate Apparel’ talks about her new play, inspired by America’s ‘de-industrial revolution’ and bowing this month at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Ben Platt Goes from Nerd to Leading Man in ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
He’s happily played underdogs and second bananas, but in a new musical from Justin Paul and Benj Pasek, the ‘Pitch Perfect’ star at last has a role with range—and not just vocally speaking.
Going National: How America’s Regional Theatre Movement Changed the Game
The American theatre as we know it didn’t just evolve organically, inevitably; it was conjured by visionaries who dreamt of a national theatre outside New York, then built it.
Women’s Voices To Be Heard at More Than 50 D.C.-Area Theatres
Dozens of artists and companies will be part of the 2-month tribute to female playwrights.
Arena Stage Slates Premieres, 1 Broadway-Bound Musical
Among a group of new plays, imports and revivals, the D.C. theatre’s next season includes two shows set amid its hometown political scene.
History and Theatre Have a Summit in Lawrence Wright’s ‘Camp David’
The journalist-turned-playwright explores the historic accords in a new play at Arena Stage.
April 2014 In Theatre News
A brief look at theatre news across the country for the month of April.
Kathleen Turner Talks About ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’
American Theatre sat down with the Hollywood leading lady to discuss performing, music and her career.
The Civil War, Seen Through a Crinoline, in ‘Mary T. and Lizzy K.’
Tazewell Thompson’s play is not just about Mary Todd Lincoln and her dressmaker Elizabeth Keckly, it’s also about the clothes that they wore.
