A chat with the NYC venue’s new leaders, good news from the wild project, new plays’ strong showing, and a world-premiere listing. But how does shared leadership actually work in practice? That was ...

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 ...

A former copywriter for the D.C. organization reflects on the tenuous position of arts workers under the Trump administration. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has always been a part ...

A lot of theatre artists say they don’t read criticism, and I never quite believe them. Playwright Bess Wohl has a unique approach that was new to me: She said she reads reviews of her plays “like ...

Trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming artists weren’t welcome at the stage door. They found their own way in—and they’re holding the door open. A few hours after writer and performer Cole Escola ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a new FY26 appropriations bill proposal for the interior, environment, and related agencies released today, the House Appropriations Interior Subcommittee recommended 35 percent ...

The complete playscript of ‘Amm(i)gone’ appears in our Summer 2025 issue. Here the author talks with a crucial mentor about the work’s inspiration, production history, and meaning. CADEN MANSON: This ...

The administration’s 2026 budget comes at a time when the future of NEA staff and grant programs remains in doubt. WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Trump has released a 2026 budget proposal which includes, ...

Orchestrator Doug Besterman (‘Death Becomes Her,’ ‘Boop!,’ ‘Smash’) and music director/arranger Marco Paguia (‘Buena Vista Social Club’) compare notes. In the singing land that is the musical theatre, ...

One day in a theatre class, my college’s technical director projected some bleak employment stats from Actors’ Equity on the wall and explained that life in the business would be tough. This was about ...

What the tangled history of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas can teach us about the stages of tomorrow. It was not Wright’s work alone. The Kalita was also shaped by the ...

An interview with the playwright of ‘Eureka Day’ about creating the play in a pre-Covid world and seeing the show anew through a changed society. Jonathan Spector’s play Eureka Day follows several ...