Sam Shepard: Mystery and Magic, Freedom and Fire
Suzan-Lori Parks, Robert Woodruff, Jean-Claude van Itallie, and Loretta Greco recall what America’s great bard of the West meant to them.
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This Month in Theatre History
From the first American stage comedy to NYC’s ban on burlesque and the launch of the Mark Taper Forum, April was showered with noteworthy theatrical events.
Four Decades Later, ‘Zoot Suit’ Still Fits
It’s sobering that Luis Valdez’s stirring Chicano protest musical is freshly relevant, but there’s nothing somber about its vibrant new staging.
Gordon Davidson: You Had to Love Him, and Very Often His Work Too
An enthusiast marked by youthful vigor and guilelessness, the Taper founder made great theatre in L.A. because he cared. He made us care too.
Gordon Davidson’s Forum for Debate and Diversity
Lured to L.A. at the beginning of the regional theatre movement, he stayed and changed both.
Evelina Fernandez’s Chicano Century Cycle
In ‘A Mexican Trilogy,’ the actor/playwright tells the story of a family, and a people, with her own creative family, the Latino Theater Company.
CTG Announces a Strikingly Diverse Taper Season
New plays by Tarell Alvin McCraney, Quiara Alegria Hudes, David Henry Hwang, and Rajiv Joseph, as well as a revival of ‘Zoot Suit.’
Akhtar, Parks, and Doran Part of CTG’s 2016 Season at Mark Taper Forum
The roster also includes August Wilson and Martin McDonagh.
Westport Country Playhouse Announces 2016 Season
The Connecticut theatre offers a range of recent works, old favorites, and a reimagined classic.
Lynn Manning, Poetry in Motion
This Los Angeles playwright/performer didn’t let blindness keep him from seeing the world.
