review: The Nether
The Nether by Jennifer Haley Directed by Seth Rozin Featuring Bi Jean Ngo, Greg Wood, Tim Moyer, Griffin Stanton-Ameisen, Emi Branes-Huff InterAct Theatre Company @ The Drake, Center City Philadelphia March 25, 2016 […]
review: Peter and the Starcatcher
Peter and the Star Catcher by Rick Elice Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson Music by Wayne Barker Directed by Bill Van Horn Featuring Brandon O’Rourke, Ian Merrill […]
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 […]
urban excavations 