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.
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Sowing Theatrical Seeds Across the U.S./Mexico Border
Stateside companies form collaborations with theatres based in Mexico, and vice versa, creating a fertile dynamic for art and change.
Sure, ‘Hamilton’ Is a Game-Changer, But Whose Game?
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s subversive new hip-hop history musical richly deserves the acclaim. Here’s hoping it paves the way for more stories of, by and for the hip-hop generation.
AEA Changes the Game for L.A. Theatre
After a referendum vote against its previous proposals, Equity offers new options and loopholes, but retains minimum-wage demand for small-theatre work.
Humana Festival 2015 Stretched Plays, and Audiences, to Their Breaking Point
A collection of not-so-straight plays, an ensemble-devised work and an African-American living-room play made up the main slate at Actors Theatre’s annual new-play gathering.
Donald Margulies, Brooklyn Boy, Feted in William Inge’s Kansas Hometown
The playwright was this year’s honoree at the annual festival in Independence, which featured a generous sampling of his work, and Jen Silverman was the New Voices Award winner.
Debbie Devine and 24th Street Theatre’s Tightrope Act
Art or social service? That’s a false choice for this small but committed L.A. theatre, where theatrical excellence and community service are inextricably intertwined.
Keith Hamilton Cobb Seeks the ‘American Moor’ in the Role of Othello
Whatever Shakespeare’s intentions, the actor/writer argues, the role now offers a chance to reflect on race as it’s lived now. But are we up for that?
‘Blues for an Alabama Sky’ Celebrates Its 20th Birthday at the Alliance Theatre
Playwright Pearl Cleage, for whom tales of the Harlem Renaissance were childhood bedtime stories, reflects on her 1995 period piece.
Afterimages of a Dear Departed Friend, in Triplicate
Richard Engling’s ‘Afterlife Trilogy,’ inspired by his late friend Fern Chertkow, includes two novels and a new play, ‘Anna in the Afterlife.’
