For Sherrine Azab and Jake Hooker, Home Is Where the Hosts Are
Formative collaborative experiences in Brooklyn and Berlin inform this couple’s work with the Detroit-based company A Host of People.
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Founding Fathers Who Look Like the Future
Recasting American history with non-white actors not only makes ‘Hamilton’ feel immediate, alive. It’s also a reminder that the story is still being written with each retelling.
Forecast for Silas Weir Mitchell: ‘Three Days of Rain’
The ‘Grimm’ star can’t stay away from the stage for long, whether in sunny L.A. or rainy Portland.
Behind (Almost) Every Tony Nominee: a Nonprofit Theatre
Most of today’s Tony-nominated shows got their start on non-commercial stages, either in the U.S. or abroad.
Equity’s Mary McColl on Why L.A.’s 99-Seat Plan Had to Go
Los Angeles is still getting a good deal, AEA’s executive director insists, if people would only take the time to study its new proposals for the city’s small theatres.
Drone Plays: There’s Something in the Air
Two new one-woman plays dramatize the unique stress and ethical pitfalls of fighting in the Chair Force.
Leonard Bernstein: Behind the Music
Two new books explore the content, and context, of the great composer/conductor’s divided musical character.
Bringing It All Back Home to Armenia
My play about the 1915 genocide, seen and developed on U.S. stages, is now being presented in the language and home of my ancestors.
It’s Sunrise in Cuba. Will the Light Reach the Stage?
With the long-awaited normalization of U.S./Cuba relations, theatre artists may be uniquely poised to make the most of the new climate of exchange.
Where Art Leads the Way: Carmen Romero’s Journey with Santiago a Mil
The festival founder talks about keeping theatre vital in a country recovering from dictatorship and facing new challenges.
