This Month in Theatre History
This month features memorable moments in the lives of Federica García Lorca, Bertolt Brecht, and William S. Yellow Robe Jr.
All Stories About Bertolt Brecht
Horror and Magic With Tonya Pinkins
Her film ‘Red Pill,’ which she thinks of as a Black woman’s ‘Get Out,’ views the nation’s ills through the lens of horror.
Brecht 2.0: ‘The Threepenny Opera’ for the Digital Age
Atlanta’s 7 Stages creates a Brechtian world using onstage cameras and digital projections.
Brecht From All Angles: Poet, Playwright, Theorist, Storyteller
Four books make fresh cases not only for the German playwright’s relevance but for his virtuosity as well.
Offscript: Tonya Pinkins’s Brechtian Alienation
This week’s guest is Tonya Pinkins, who discusses why she quit the controversial ‘Mother Courage’ at Classic Stage Company. Plus: The editors catch up on some big entrances and exits.
Rock Was Theatre for David Bowie, and He Elevated Both
He acted onstage and in films, but he never gave a greater performance than in the role of rock god.
Is a Black Perspective Too Much to Ask of Brecht?
Rehearsal room squabbles aside, the questions raised by Tonya Pinkins as she departed CSC’s ‘Mother Courage’ deserve a closer look.
Duncan Sheik on CSC’s Disputed ‘Mother Courage’
The ‘Spring Awakening’ composer, who enjoyed working on Brecht’s thorny classic with director Brian Kulick and star Tonya Pinkins, weighs in on the show’s fortunes.
The Michael Chekhov Twist
The playwright’s nephew tried to capture acting’s transcendent dimensions—an excerpt from ‘The Other Chkehov: A Biography of Michael Chekhov.’
Trial by Satire
American peace groups, West Germany’s Green Party and the Plutonium Players practice politics as theatre—in courtrooms, in the streets, on the six o’clock news.
