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.
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What Price Overtime? Theatre Workers Want to Know
The president’s new FLSA rules may force an overdue reckoning for the overworked, underpaid theatre field.
Whitewash ‘In the Heights’? Chicago, You Can Do Better
Authorial intent should be paramount, and “We couldn’t find any actors” is no longer a viable excuse.
‘Hamilton’ Swept the Tonys, but Has Diversity Swept Broadway?
Last season was notably diverse, but the 2016-17 season announced so far looks more like business as usual on the Great White Way.
The Broadway Season Was Diverse Offstage Too, Not That You’d Notice
The invisibility of stage designers cuts both ways: They lack for recognition (see this week’s Tonys), but they can also build diverse careers—if they get the chance.
Why I Almost Slapped a Fellow Theatre Patron, and What That Says About Our Theatres
How a seemingly normal night at the theatre led to an altercation with a patron over microaggressions and white privilege.
7 Steps for Achieving Gender Parity in the Theatre
At an April conference in Toronto, we came up with a plan for change that can take root and grow into a more equitable future for female theatre artists.
