Rutina Wesley, From ‘True Blood’ to ‘Twelfth Night’
The Old Globe’s newest Viola talks about same-sex attraction in Shakespeare, playing against type, and the wonders of Fiona Shaw.
All Stories About Showcase
The Why; Also Lots of What and How and Who
Reporting for duty to the field I’ve had my eye on for decades.
This Month in Theatre History
From the birth of P.T. Barnum to the Broadway debut of ‘A Chorus Line,’ July has many historical events to boast about.
How to Cross the Critic-Artist Divide and Live to Write About It
Shaw, Bentley, Tynan—it’s not so odd for professional critics to work the other side of the footlights. But there are a few ground rules.
East West Players Producing Artistic Director Tim Dang to Step Down
Dang makes way for new leadership after 22 years at the helm of the nation’s oldest continually operating theatre of color.
Know a Theatre: Theatre Britain of Plano, Texas
This small one-stage theatre exclusively produces works by British playwrights, with an emphasis on farce and a specialty in panto.
A Smaller, More Local Intiman Resurfaces in Seattle
How did Andrew Russell bring this venerable resident theatre back from the brink of debt and dysfunction? Slowly, carefully—and locally.
A William Inge World Premiere, Only 50 Years Late
‘Off the Main Road,’ a long-unproduced play by the Kansas-born writer, will make its long-overdue premiere at Williamstown Theatre Festival this summer.
Postcards From Theatre Summer Camp at NY Stage & Film
Just far enough from New York to get away and stretch with new work, but close enough for a day trip, Vassar’s Powerhouse has been a theatre development hub for 3 decades.
Syria’s Most Marginalized People Share a Stage and Find Common Ground
What can theatre possibly mean to migrant workers and refugees in one of the world’s most violent regions? Ask ‘Antigone.’
