Public Theater to Partner With Brooklyn College
The Off-Broadway theatre and Brooklyn university will join to offer opportunities to emerging artists and leaders.
All Stories About Public Theater
How a ‘Climate Change Musical’ Became a Right-Wing Punching Bag
It had science, it had art—in other words, the Civilians’ ‘Great Immensity’ was a perfect target for conservatives. Its director, Steve Cosson, responds.
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.
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.
