dramaturg as producer | KELLY KERWIN
[article originally published in LMDA’s newsletter New & Noteworthy Issue 2.2 November 2016. A longer version of this interview appears in The Clyde Fitch Report.] [featured image caption: A Scandal at the […]
Hamilton: A Critics’ Dialogue
[I am one voice among many in this article originally published by “Exeunt Staff” in Exeunt Magazine, October 31, 2016. All New York production photos by Joan Marcus.] Overwhelming levels […]
Theater Critic Frank Rizzo Balances Head and Heart
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, October 20, 2016.] It is fashionable to debate the importance of cultural criticism. This debate questions what criticism is, further questions […]
LMDA Regional Spotlight: Mark Bly and Heather Helinsky in New York
[article originally published in LMDA’s monthly newsletter New & Noteworthy Issue 2.1 October 2016.] Two leading names in U.S. dramaturgy from two different generations – LMDA founder Mark Bly and established […]
Semicolon Theatre Offers Young Artists a Stage
[article as originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, October 11, 2016.] It’s a great privilege to be present at the beginning of a long term personal and professional relationship. […]
Feminist Theater Critic Jill Dolan Faces the World
[Original published in The Clyde Fitch Report, September 16, 2016.] It is fashionable to debate the importance of cultural criticism. For better or for worse, this debate questions what criticism […]
Stretching the Canvas in Ethan Lipton’s Tumacho
[article originally published in HowlRound, September 6, 2016.] Playwright and lyricist Ethan Lipton creates fun theatrical worlds and lyric-driven music about socially-relevant topics. In Red Handed Otter, for example, produced by The […]
They Knew Gun Violence. Now They Know Hope.
[article as originally published at TDF Stages, August 31, 2016.] A new play uses the real words of gun violence survivors — How does forgiveness emerge in the aftermath of […]
WP Lab, Pipeline Festival, and Honing the Questions
[article originally published with a slightly different title in The Clyde Fitch Report, July 19, 2016.] The Women’s Project (WP) Theater has produced plays by women for almost 30 […]
Shared Vocabulary and Puppetry in Ramesh Meyyappan’s Butterfly
[Original published in HowlRound, June 21, 2016.] Theatremaker Ramesh Meyyappan has opinions about the cultural position of “deaf” or “signed” theatre and its role in his own art including his […]
What Was It Like to See Judy Garland’s Famous Carnegie Hall Show?
[article as originally published at TDF Stages, June 15, 2016.] Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get enthusiastic about things. This week, Stages contributor Martha Steketee geeks out with […]
“Ugly Little Sister” From Page to Stage
[article originally published in The Clyde Fitch Report, May 24, 2016.] I started my recent phone conversation with Charlotte Miller parsing her Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (LSTFI) commission project Ugly […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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