Out of Town but Not Out of 'Times'
When the nation’s most powerful newspaper chooses to review new plays in early productions outside New York, is that helping or hurting the field?
All Stories About Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons Launches Resident Company Program
Clubbed Thumb is the first beneficiary of Playwrights’s new initiative, which comes with free office, rehearsal and performance space.
In Memoriam: Nicholas Martin (1938–2014)
A touching obituary for Nicholas Martin by playwright Christopher Durang.
Lucas Hnath’s Plays of Frustration, Agitation Strike Chord with Contemporary Audiences
The kind of tension his plays provide may be just what contemporary audiences are looking for.
News in Brief for December 2013
The historic Saenger Theatre reemerges after Hurricane Katrina, NEA reports a study on national theatre attendance, Chicago Shakespeare Theater celebrates 25th anniversary, and more from December’s round-up of news items.
Danai Gurira’s Family Secrets in ‘The Convert’
The actor/playwright speaks explains how her play about Zimbabwe’s colonial history is surprisingly personal.
20 Questions for Shuler Hensley
The actor discusses losing weight in a fat suit during ‘The Whale’ and why he can’t imagine working anywhere but the theatre.
The Challenge of Honesty
An interview with the playwright of ‘The Whale.’
The Political and the Personal Are in Dialogue in Amy Herzog’s Plays
With ‘After the Revolution,’ ‘4000 Miles’ and ‘Belleville,’ this young, Yale-educated playwright shows equal parts ambition and nuance, teeth and sympathy.
Sam Gold on the High Wire
The New York director balances classics and new plays, in big venues and small, while stripping away the safety net.
