As theatres have reemerged from pandemic closure in the past season, and audiences are returning, though in still lower numbers than before, there’s plenty of drama onstage. But behind the scenes ...

Corporate giving to theatres, long in decline due to shifts in attention toward social and political causes, has plummeted in recent years. Meanwhile the Trump administration and its enablers in ...

*In fact there will actually be 10 productions of Dial M for Murder in the coming season, but Norfolk’s Virginia Stage Company will use Knott’s original script rather than the Hatcher adaptation. And ...

The end of yet another path-breaking play development program, one with fieldwide impact and global reach, has not been properly mourned. The Sundance Theatre Program never had a proper interment or ...

This piece is one in a series on disability and theatre. Many years ago, a writer emailed me to ask if I’d consult with the originating cast of their new production with an autistic central character.

Clocking the missed opportunities, missteps, and outright transphobic tropes in 3 currently running musicals. Patten has said that she decided to continue to play Jo to honor all the queer people who ...

In November 1985, American Theatre magazine’s second year of existence, Emily Mann’s Execution of Justice appeared in its pages. It was the first full play text the magazine had published. Below is a ...

After an outpouring of op-eds bemoaning the state of U.S. theatre, 2 Chicago writers lift up innovative collaborations in their own backyard as examples for the field. This common question used to ...

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 ...

In the first edition of a new column, we visit a puppet haunted house and chat with a rising Chicago scenic designer. Hello, and welcome to spooky season. I’ll be your guide around a few Chicago-area ...

Japan comprises a people, place, and culture that both glance backward to celebrate and preserve a rich past, while simultaneously seeking ways to innovate and blaze forward into the future—much like ...

The complete script of Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust appears in our Spring 2024 issue. The play, about a lonely, full-grown man with an imaginary friend in a small town outside Rochester, N.Y., had its ...