This Month in Theatre History
From British loyalist plays to Suzan-Lori Parks’s ‘Elements of Style,’ Edwin Booth’s ‘Hamlet’ to Lynn Nottage’s birth.
From British loyalist plays to Suzan-Lori Parks’s ‘Elements of Style,’ Edwin Booth’s ‘Hamlet’ to Lynn Nottage’s birth.
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.
The writer of ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ talks about her process, her curiosity about characters, and her play’s heartening success.
Lynn Nottage again tops the list, followed closely by a mix of dramatists, librettists, and adapters.
On this episode we broke the news that Nottage’s ‘Clyde’s’ will be the most-produced play of the season, then welcomed her and fellow prolific scribe Gunderson on to talk shop.
A mix of familiar and new titles, of challenge and comfort, characterizes this year’s lists, the first this magazine has done since 2019.
The recent unveiling of Alison Saar’s sculpture ‘To Sit A While’ kicked off a national tour to raise awareness of this great American writer and the many who follow in the path she paved.
This month Brian talks to the prolific and decorated playwright about her early struggles and triumphs, and that time she got stuck in the Lincoln Center bathroom.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Lynn Nottage, and Marco Ramirez will create work specifically for LCT’s Broadway stage.
If we can’t have theatre until we can gather again safely, what are U.S. theatres and artists going to do in the meantime, and after?