Karin Coonrod explains why ‘King Lear’ is apocalyptic but not bleak, and a new staging of an iconic film returns it to its theatrical roots. The royal “we” reportedly dates to the 12th-century reign ...
The versatile actor-writer talks about his autobiographical solo show, ‘How Shakespeare Saved My Life,’ which plays at 3 theatres this year. A teenager’s life is in danger. Just as he feels he might ...
The collaboration aims to fill healthcare gaps for Equity actors and stage managers who need one more week of work to secure their coverage. “In a time of growing uncertainty around health care access ...
The playwright talks about how she channeled her anger about our nation’s gun violence epidemic into an audacious, imaginative play seen through the eyes of a child. TAMILLA WOODARD: When I read this ...
This New Jersey company commissions and stages topical new plays but doesn’t claim ‘world premiere’ status, giving playwrights a safe place to work and students a place to learn about new-work ...
Offscript is American Theatre’s flagship podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts (including Spotify and Apple Podcasts). Our first episode of 2026 features an interview with Dallas Theater ...
Ty Defoe and All My Relations Collective’s new show, seen last year in 2 cities, uses puppetry, dance, and multimedia to tell a story of belonging. Beneath the towering buildings at the intersection ...
Without Henry Condell and John Heminges, we would have lost half of Shakespeare’s plays forever! After the death of their friend and mentor, the two actors are determined to compile the First Folio ...
Tapestry of American Black Theatre is a new series chronicling the too often forgotten contributions of Black theatremakers in the U.S. This first article tells the story of the Negro Ensemble Company ...
Jeremy O. Harris talks about the sexual politics of white supremacy, and about how he finds humor in horror (and vice versa). Jeremy O. Harris. (Photo by Andre D. Wagner for the New York Times) TONYA ...
This article is adapted from Survivors of a Future That Never Happened: A Cultural Review, 1974-1994 (Montreal Publishing), available on Bookshop.org and Amazon.com. “The Theatre of Images”—a term ...
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