This Month in Theatre History
June looks back on Frederick Douglass’s criticisms of blackface, Uta Hagen’s legacy, Eugene O’Neill’s nine-act ‘Interlude,’ Steppenwolf’s ‘Menagerie,’ and a Lynne Nottage premiere.
All Stories About Laurie Metcalf
The Subtext: Samuel D. Hunter Writes His Way Home
This month Brian speaks with the busy playwright about dramatizing Idaho, promoting the film of ‘The Whale,’ and working on a new play at Steppenwolf.
The Shows That Got Away and/or Found a Way
A look at 8 shows that the pandemic cut short, what’s happened to them since, and what might be next.
Letters for May/June 2019
Responses to a piece about diversifying improv, and a profile of the great Laurie Metcalf.
New York City’s Two-Way Street
Not much makes it to the stage in our nation’s putative theatre capital that didn’t come from somewhere else.
Laurie Metcalf and Her Double
How one of our greatest living stage actors keeps it real, even when playing a not-quite-real Hillary Clinton.
