Paula Vogel, Tina Landau, and the Room That Made ‘Mother Play’
A far-ranging conversation about their common approach to text as a springboard, why they’re past theory, and how they introduced Jessica Lange to Viewpoints.
All Stories About Second Stage
A Safe Room for Bold Plays
The 3 writers in Second Stage’s Judith Champion Reading Series—Sarah Mantell, D.A. Mindell, and Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin—reflect on their plays and their process.
Carole Rothman to Step Down From NY’s Second Stage
She’ll have run the company she founded for 45 years, after leading it from 2 Off-Broadway theatres to join 3 other nonprofits who also run Broadway houses.
How Raja Feather Kelly Fuses Dance to Theatre, and Vice Versa
When this go-to choreographer is doing his storytelling job right, you may not even notice the dancing at all—but he’s got more moves in store.
How the Shows Went On After 9/11, With an Assist From Ovid
Broadway may have reopened its theatres on Sept. 13, but it was Mary Zimmerman’s ‘Metamorphoses’ that seemed to capture and transform NYC’s grief.
The View From the Aisle Over ‘10,000 Nights’
Choice notes from an extraordinary theatregoing career, documenting trends and artists of the late 20th-century stage.
Ringside? Let’s Take Down the Ropes
Theatre ought to grow our moral imagination in a time of crisis. How do we get there—and who is ‘we’?
Tanya Saracho Has No Plans to ‘Fade’ Away
What to do when you’re writing for TV and worry you’ve lost your stage mojo? Write a play about writing for TV.
Stages
Openings, closures, and assorted plans from coast to coast.
