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.
All Stories About Showcase
All His Daughters: Arthur Miller’s Strong, Truth-Telling Women
He may be known for writing about fathers and sons, but his women often get the last word.
A Leg Up: Disability as an Advantage in ‘The Matchmaker’
The Goodman Theatre’s diversity and inclusion efforts, thankfully for me and others, include disability.
The Roundabout Empire Wasn’t Built in a Day
How did a modest Off-Broadway company become America’s biggest nonprofit theatre? Having Todd Haimes at the helm probably didn’t hurt.
Salt Lake City Acting Company Playwrights’ Lab Promotes Playtime
The new-play development program gives writers the freedom to explore with the help of multidisciplinary artists.
Kyle Jarrow and Lauren Worsham’s Relationship ‘Wildness’
The songwriter and actress talk about how their romantic partnership evolved into a working one with their band, Sky Pony.
Offscript: Going West With Meiyin Wang
The former co-director of the Under the Radar Festival stops by, and the editors discuss Salt Lake City and the latest yellowface controversy.
Tomorrow’s Theatre Today at the Colorado New Play Summit
At the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’s annual new play festival, diversity was front and center.
Life After ‘August’: Tracy Letts and Anna D. Shapiro in Conversation
The playwright and director came up together in Chicago theatre. Now they’re kicking off Shapiro’s Steppenwolf regime with Letts’s ‘Mary Page Marlowe.’
At Wayne State, ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ Meets Both Its Sequels
How three plays about Lorraine Hansberry’s Younger family and their house resonate with each other—and with our current moment.
