César Alvarez Is Changing the American Musical Form, and the World
The indie Americana musical spans time and space, but its story hits close to home for its author.
All Stories About Soho Rep
Soho Rep 2015–16 Season to Feature César Alvarez and the Lisps
The Off Broadway company will produce ‘Futurity,’ a Civil War sci-fi musical, and a U.S. premiere by Alice Birch.
’10 Out of 12′: How the Other Half Techs
Anne Washburn’s new play at Soho Rep, about a troubled tech rehearsal, puts a fictional backstage crew and the show’s real backstage crew into a new kind of dialogue.
‘Washeteria’ Puts Children’s Theatre Through the Rinse Cycle
How set designer Louisa Thompson, and the creative team at Soho Rep, turned an empty storefront into a hyper-realistic yet fantastical laundromat.
Jackie Sibblies Drury Among Winners of Yale’s Windham-Campbell Prize
The college’s Beinecke Library is proud to present an award to the Brooklyn-based playwright, one of three dramatists given the prestigious $150,000 prize.
Blind Leaps Beyond Naturalism with Soho Rep’s Sarah Benson
The British-born director curates her Tribeca theatre with an eye on design, a taste for discomfort and a curiosity about who the work is for.
Ars Nova 2015 Season & Residents Include Bridget Everett, Bess Wohl, the Mad Ones
Rachel Chavkin returns to direct Wohl’s ‘Small Mouth Sounds,’ the musical ‘Futurity’ will have its New York premiere in a Soho Rep coproduction, and more resident artists are announced.
Our Favorite Things: The Year in American Theatre
Twelve-hour Greek plays, white face, drag queens, gender parity…the contributors and editors of “American Theatre” reminisce on what they loved most in the theatre in 2014.
How One Theatre Utilizes Social Groups To Energize The House
Clubbed Thumb in New York City uses “social captains” to get targeted audiences to come to shows.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins: Feel That Thought
His plays—‘Appropriate,’ ‘An Octoroon,’ ‘Neighbors,’ ‘Gloria,’ ‘War’—are high-wire performances in themselves.
