A colleague recalls the unstoppable output of the playwright who wrote ‘Ravenscroft,’ ‘Seascape With Sharks and Dancer,’ ‘Cinderella Waltz,’ and ‘Lucia Mad,’ who died on Feb. 9 at the age of 76.
What’s in a beat? A percussive pulse, a musical rhythm, yes, but also a fragment of story. Indeed, if you talk to the folks behind the sensational new musical Mexodus—writer-performers Brian Quijada ...
In a recent issue on theatre training, recent graduates talked about how they’re finding their footing and making ends meet. Snow crocuses are popping up in Brooklyn, and a high school musical is on ...
Each month on The Subtext, Brian speaks with a playwright about life, writing, and whatever itches we are scratching. This time, he sits down with Sophie McIntosh, the playwright who co-founded Good ...
An L.A. tribute to Harold Clurman, a transition for N.Y.’s Nathan Leventhal, and other updates. A true resident theatre actor, she will be greatly missed by all who collaborated with her or saw her ...
To compile this list of the new millennium’s influential plays and musicals, we turned to industry workers, leaders, and observers to come up with 50 that pushed theatre forward. A lot can happen in ...
NEW YORK CITY: Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre and the publisher of American Theatre, has announced the recipients of the 2025 Edgerton Foundation New Play ...
Our annual Top 10/Top 20 lists offer invaluable snapshots of the American theatre’s evolving tastes, but programming choices aren’t made in a vacuum, of course. Which shows get lots of productions has ...
A few hours after writer and performer Cole Escola offered this advice to LGBTQ+ viewers in a Logo TV interview, they made history as the first openly nonbinary actor to win a Tony Award for ...
An Asian American theatremaker reflects on the intent and impact of Broadway’s ‘Maybe Happy Ending,’ and the precedent its latest casting decision may set. AAPAC noted MHE’s South Korea setting, and ...
This piece was originally written for and posted on BroadwayWorld. It is republished here with permission. Theatremakers have a “show must go on” spirit. So it’s no surprise that the vast majority of ...
How is this long-standing American theatre tradition faring in an age of social media, raised expectations, and post-Covid recovery? Summer stock—the time-honored tradition of professional theatres ...