The Gay Sensibility Travels ‘Gently Down the Stream’
Martin Sherman’s new play takes stock of a generational shift in attitudes as disorienting as it is heartening.
All Stories About Public Theater
How to Fight for Arts Funding? Lessons from NYC’s Lean Years
The new book ‘Drop Dead’ puts a debate we’re still having—between art for art’s sake and art for the common good—into stark relief.
5 Theatre Festivals This Month
From shadow puppetry to chamber operas, here are some experimental theatre festivals taking place this month.
Offscript: Electoral Angst With Lynn Nottage
On this week’s podcast, Lynn Nottage discusses the presidential election and her new play ‘Sweat.’ Plus the editors discuss ‘Hamilton’s America’ and ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music.’
Is This Any Time for Nuanced Politics?
Even in a polarized age, the best dramatists are drawn to complications, not simple answers, as Richard Nelson’s Chekhovian plays prove.
The Very Model of a Modern Major Musical
The megahit of the moment, like many revolutionary popular works, has strong roots in musical theatre’s past.
#TCG16 Plenary 4: Theatre Beyond Borders
The final TCG plenary testified to the global power of theatre to tear down walls.
4 Theatre Artists to Receive Henry Hewes Design Awards
Designers from both ‘Hamilton’ and ‘The Invisible Hand’ will be celebrated.
For Michael John LaChiusa, When It Rains It Pours
With ‘Rain’ and ‘First Daughter Suite,’ the composer/lyricist returns to signature themes in typically uncharted ways.
Columbia University Announces Finalists for Edward M. Kennedy Prize
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Paula Vogel, Lynn Nottage, and Qui Nguyen are this year’s finalists.
