The Buzz: What 6 Theatre Folks Are Working On and Watching For
From a car-driven opera in L.A. to a roller coaster musical in Chicago, from education projects to exciting turnovers, fall is busting out all over.
All Stories About Showcase
The Border Troubles of ‘Tortilla Curtain’ Seem All Too Fresh
Adapted from T.C. Boyle’s 1995 novel, Matthew Spangler’s play tracks two couples united and divided by immigration.
The Two Pittsburghs of ‘Two Trains Running’
In the Goodman’s production of August Wilson’s classic, the creative team wrapped a coal-dusted city around a struggling diner.
Experimenting in the Playwrights’ Center’s PlayLabs
The Minnesota company builds community around dramatists with its annual 10-day festival devoted to developing new work.
The Year of Yockey Gets Rolling With a Twofer at Actor’s Express
Theatres across the nation are producing Steve Yockey’s upbeat ‘Blackberry Winter,’ but in his hometown it’s paired with a play in a more troubled vein.
Remembering Donald Seawell, the Jet-Setting Visionary Behind Denver Center
In a life spanning a century of artistic adventure, trans-Atlantic exchange, and behind-the-scenes machinations, Seawell’s greatest legacy was transforming downtown Denver.
Offscript: Who’s in the Room?
This week representatives from the Asian American Performers Action Coalition school American Theatre editors on better ways to talk about cultural appropriation and yellowface, and offer tips both for interpreting problematic works from the past and for creating new, more diverse work.
Eliza Bent’s ‘Toilet Fire’: Oh, the Places You’ll Go
Part church service, part confessional, part standup routine, the playwright/performer’s new show mines intestinal distress for laughs and discomfort.
Two Berlin Companies Go Back to the Cupcake Future
Copy & waste and English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center address gentrification with a little help from Marty McFly.
To Armenia With Love and Loss
Writing a play about ancestors consumed by an atrocity became an unexpected passport to a homecoming.
