If You Are What You Do, I Guess I’m Not a Playwright Anymore
Retiring from a creative calling that never really paid my bills has been much harder than I’d imagined—but it seems to have already happened anyway.
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Pièces de résistance in Budapest, With an Emphasis on the Resistance
Political corruption bleeds into private lives as boundaries are breached in performances at Hungary’s dunaPart3 showcase. (Part 2 of 2)
Judith Malina: A Vibrant Tremor
The Living Theatre cofounder embodied ‘beautiful, nonviolent anarchist revolution’ in her life and her art.
PJ Paparelli Stages a Chicago Housing Crisis
American Theater Company’s docutheatre piece ‘The Project(s)’ takes up residence at the intersection of poverty, race and real estate.
Hungarian Theatre and Its Government Inspectors
In the face of the country’s continuing rightward drift, independent theatres show their mettle at Budapest’s dunaPart3 festival. (Part 1 of 2)
Theatre Alliance and ‘Colossal’ Win Big at Helen Hayes Awards
TheatreWashington showered more awards than ever on D.C. theatre at the newly reorganized Helen Hayes Awards.
Anna Deavere Smith to Preview New Work as Part of NEH Lecture
The playwright/performer will speak about her search for the American character, including pieces from work-in-progress about the school-to-prison pipeline.
Onstage This Week: Apr. 13-20
Playwright Amy Herzog is heavily represented this week, along with a wide range of iconic classics, fresh adaptations and spiky new plays.
Know a Theatre: Virginia Repertory Theatre of Richmond, Va.
There’s no ‘art for art’s sake’ at this storied River City theatre, which has a rich history and keeps its focus on local artists and audiences.
‘Airline Highway’ Shows a Slice of NOLA Life
The design team of ‘Airline Highway’ by Lisa D’Amour, currently on Broadway, took a real-life New Orleans motel and put it onstage.
