Is a Black Perspective Too Much to Ask of Brecht?
Rehearsal room squabbles aside, the questions raised by Tonya Pinkins as she departed CSC’s ‘Mother Courage’ deserve a closer look.
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A.D. Melissa Hillman on Impact Theatre’s Closure
After 20 years, the Bay Area new-play incubator in the basement of a pizza parlor will shut its doors, citing lack of income.
I Need You, I Hate You: Rainn Wilson Plays With the Audience in ‘Thom Pain’
The ‘Office’ star has wanted to tackle Will Eno’s breakthrough monologue for a decade, and Geffen Playhouse had an open slot. Is he ready to get shouted at?
7 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From a daring director to a tag team of designers, from San Francisco to Atlanta, this month’s cohort of theatre people are making their mark.
Sandra Tsing Loh Stages a Midlife Crisis in ‘The Madwoman in the Volvo’
She may have hoped to write a comfy play about the vagaries of menopause and after, but, in her art as in her life, she couldn’t take the easy way.
Dominique Morisseau Is Telling the Story of Her People
The playwright wants to be a griot for her hometown of Detroit and beyond.
Duncan Sheik on CSC’s Disputed ‘Mother Courage’
The ‘Spring Awakening’ composer, who enjoyed working on Brecht’s thorny classic with director Brian Kulick and star Tonya Pinkins, weighs in on the show’s fortunes.
This Month in Theatre History
From the founding of the Colored Actors’ Union to the opening of the Coconut Grove Playhouse, January has many historical events to be proud of.
‘My America Too’ Is Theatre for the New Civil Rights Movement
Center Stage produced the guerrilla-theatre video series in response to the Black Lives Matter era.
We’ve Got Issues—Special Issues, That Is
In addition to our regular themed editions—including our current one on acting training—we’re aiming to make each issue special in its own way.
