‘The Chinese Lady’ and the Long Road Home
How Lloyd Suh’s ‘The Chinese Lady’ made it through 2 years of pandemic, protest, and anti-Asian hate to emerge as the nation’s most-produced and possibly most essential play.
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The Theatre Industry’s Internship Problem
A movement to end unpaid and low-paid internships gains momentum, collecting testimony from more than 1,600 current and former interns.
‘Disclaimer’ Turns the Spotlight on Its Audience
Can a culturally appropriative murder mystery in the guise of a cooking class prevent war with Iran? Piehole’s interactive new Zoom play aims to find out.
Centering Joy: Resolutions for a New Year, and a New Field
Rebuilding will be challenging, but we must embrace abundance and celebrate possibility to create a better vision for the future.
A ‘Capsule’ of a Tense Year, Captured on Film
Theatre artists Whitney White and Peter Mark Kendall made a show for Under the Radar that tests the bounds of their form, and of their friendship.
The Public Announces Under the Radar Festival Performances
The festival, running Jan. 6-17, 2021, will offer its productions virtually for free for the first time.
The Public Names Shanta Thake and Saheem Ali Associate Artistic Directors
Ali and Thake will join Mandy Hackett as part of the restructuring of the Public’s artistic leadership.
Saheem Ali’s ‘Richard II’: What Does Authority Sound Like?
The director rounds out a stellar season with a radio rendering of a play salvaged from the Public Theater’s canceled Shakespeare in the Park season.
The Public Theatre Announces Radio Drama ‘Richard II’
In partnership with WNYC, the Public will offer this four-part drama starring André Holland over four July nights.
Three on the Aisle: Do Streams Come True?
This week the critics debate streamed and recorded theatre vs. live, and dip into the reader mailbag.
