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 ...

“I love watching people play music,” the director Rachel Chavkin wrote me in an email this week. That makes two of us. Moreno’s casting definitely makes musical sense: Blues, jazz, soul, and old-time ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The final festival in Park City showed off some interesting film products, but my biggest takeaways were from conversations about intentionality and care in the art-making process. In January, I had ...

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions. This year, eight finalists will be invited to be part of CAATA’s inaugural 10-Minute Playwriting Festival: Legacy. Resistance. Evolution., ...

PHILADELPHIA: Theatre Philadelphia has announced the return of Philly Theatre Week, April 23-May 3. The 10-day celebration will feature close to 50 events, designed to showcase the dynamic and diverse ...

Execs from more than 40 of the country’s largest regional theatres gathered in Wisconsin last week to share practical advice for an industry that is ‘exceptionally strained.’ In early 2025, Los ...

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. How ...

A roundup of notable publications.

Broadly conceived, American documentary theatre (also sometimes called docudrama, ethnodrama, verbatim theatre, tribunal theatre[1], theatre of witness, or theatre of fact) is performance typically ...