‘Pacific Overtures’ Gets an East West Encore
Sondheim and Weidman’s masterpiece about Japan’s ‘opening’ to the West returns to an L.A. company whose history with the show is as tightly intertwined as its subjects are.
All Stories About Showcase
Ann Ronell: Count Her In
In an excerpt from the new book ‘Women Writing Musicals,’ we learn about the songwriter who became the first woman to write music and lyrics for a full Broadway score, in 1942.
We Can Work It Out
Two new books lift the voices of designers and production workers on their art and their labor.
Hermitage Major Theater Award, Joe A. Callaway Awards, and More
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
Building a Sensory-Inclusive Future
Beyond sensory “friendly,” these theatremakers are pushing the frontier of theatre that is truly for all audiences.
Double Edge Theatre, Where the Land Is a Star and a Collaborator
The Massachusetts collective, known for its site-roving parade spectacles, also convenes artists and activists and community around its rural roots.
Dallas’s Latinidades Was More Than a Festival
This celebration of community stretched over weeks and connected Latine and Latin American performance.
Remains and Resistance: Native Voices’ ‘Antíkoni’
A new adaptation of Sophocles’s classic will be staged at a museum that once held Native remains—but it’s hardly a staid museum piece.
The Subtext: Jonathan Payne and the Sea of Stories
This month Brian speaks with the playwright about striving to write one play a year and drawing inspiration from various roles and identities.
This Month in Theatre History
From British loyalist plays to Suzan-Lori Parks’s ‘Elements of Style,’ Edwin Booth’s ‘Hamlet’ to Lynn Nottage’s birth.
