Me Vs. Them: How I Got Schooled on a Gender-Neutral Pronoun
Who knew that grammar was a front in the battle for fuller gender expression? Well, duh.
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Samantha Barks Finds Her Outgoing Inner Child for Musical ‘Amelie’
Best known stateside as the big-screen Eponine, Barks throws herself into the role of a mischievous French waif.
New Books Evince Richard Eyre’s Erudition, Joan Littlewood’s Exuberance
They have little in common but their country of origin, but the former director of the National and the founder of Theatre Workshop are British leaders to be reckoned with.
Know a Theatre: City Theatre Company of Pittsburgh
This two-stage theatre makes a home for innovative new works, with frequent world premieres and no play older than five years.
Beijing Opera Star Zhang Huoding Packs ‘Jewelry Purse’ for the U.S.
The Chinese opera diva, who has revivified a classic form, rides a wave of adulation to Lincoln Center.
Playwright Rajiv Joseph Wonders: How Do Two Men Kill Beauty?
In his funny, heartrending new play ‘Guards at the Taj,’ the writer of ‘Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo’ and ‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ asks big questions through two small lives.
Let’s Be Realistic: Can Theatre Beat Film at Recreating Life?
The native language of theatre is artifice, but as Annie Baker’s ‘John’ proves, it doesn’t always feel that way.
Two New Riffs on an Ancient Legend Share a Mission: Free Salomé!
Two wildly different new versions unveil the woman behind the myth.
What Price Goodness? Ten Thousand Things and the LAPD Have Kept Accounts
Two new books look at companies that serve audiences outside the institutional theatre’s cocoon of privilege.
Brothers Work It Out in Idris Goodwin’s ‘Bars and Measures’
The real-life story of jailhouse meetings between two music-loving siblings is the basis of a new play at B Street Theatre.
