review: Two Trains Running
Two Trains Running by August Wilson Directed by Raelle Myrick-Hodges Featuring Darian Dauchan, Kash Goins, Johnnie Hobbs, Jr., Lakisha May, E. Roger Mitchell, U.R., Damien J. Wallace Arden Theatre Co., 40 […]
Prizes and Reports Both Address Parity
[article originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, April 13, 2016.] Data collection and advocacy efforts to count, sort and assess parity in theater production continue apace. But counting is only […]
Barriers, Needs, and Next Steps: A Convening on the State of Deaf Theatre-Making
[article originally published at HowlRound April 6, 2016.] Several dozen artists, administrators, academics, funders, and advocates assembled on the afternoon of January 20, 2016 in the BareBones Studio of the […]
review: House Rules
House Rules by A. Rey Pamatmat Directed by Ralph B. Peña Featuring Tina Chilip, Jojo Gonzalez, Mia Katigbak, Tiffany Villarin Ma-Yi Theater Company, SubletSeries@HERE, 145 Sixth Avenue March 25, 2016 […]
He’s the Bawdiest Cleopatra of the Century
[article originally published at TDF Stages, March 30, 2016.] Last year, Charles Busch considered walking away from playwriting. Fortunately for fans of the writer, performer, director, and drag legend, the […]
Big Ten Theater Improves Percentages for Women
[article originally published at The Clyde Fitch Report, March 16, 2016.] A two-year-old project designed to create more roles for women student actors in plays by women playwrights takes a pragmatic […]
Subversively Smart and Turning the Tide: Lauren Gunderson’s Women Heroes
[article originally published in HowlRound March 15, 2016.] I and You, which recently closed a well-received co-production from Merrimack Repertory Theatre (MRT) in Lowell, Massachusetts and Richard Winker at 59E59 in Manhattan, […]
History, Legacy, and Light: The Consciously-Embodied Art of Erica Fae
[article originally published in HowlRound March 12, 2016.] Erica Fae, barely into her forties, has been making theatre for over three decades. You can see her on television as a nude psychiatric […]
In “Women Without Men,” Women Count
[article originally published at The Clyde Fitch Report, February 18, 2016.] Feature Image: Women Without Men By Hazel Ellis, directed by Jenn Thompson, presented by The Mint Theater Company at New […]
Life In Prison, As Told By the Women Who Live There
[article originally published at TDF Stages, January 25, 2016.] A new play lets female inmates speak for themselves — What do incarcerated women want men to understand about their lives? […]
Theatre and Social Justice: Everything Has to Come Out of Session
[article originally published in HowlRound, January 16, 2016.] Theatre and Social Justice Crafted out of Session to Engage Audience The Actors Studio is known for creating socially relevant material but not […]
Review: Marilyn Maye By Request 2016
Marilyn Maye: “Marilyn By Request” Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street January 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 2016 event web site I settle into a corner nook at the Metropolitan Room this […]
2015: excavation review
The Sound of Music on film is 50 this year. Maria’s confidence is contagious. Writing and research and presentations filled this calendar year on a range of topics including the Yale […]
review: annie
Annie Book by Thomas Meehan Music by Charles Strouse Lyrics and Direction by Martin Charnin Featuring Gilgamesh Taggett, Issie Swikle, Lynn Andrews King’s Theatre, Brooklyn, New York December 15-20, 2015 Seated […]
Theatrical Research: Percolating and Data
[article originally published in HowlRound, December 12, 2015.] I joined the first three hours of a December 3, 2015 all-day meeting on parity in theatre, involving some two dozen women, one […]
Will Eno’s Theatrical Rhythms
[article originally published in HowlRound, December 10, 2015.] Small Town-ish in a Really Good Way For a heady period of time in the spring of 2014, playwright Will Eno had two […]
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