A colleague and mentee recalls a tireless advocate and encourager who wasn’t content to make art himself—he also felt called to nurture it in others. Othell J. Miller, an artist and educator who ...

I read with great interest your recent article “Theatre in a Time of Genocide: Palestinian Imagination Under Fire.” I am grateful that American Theatre continues to highlight artists working under ...

The Dallas-based playwright and theatre leader has an eye and ear for detail, including in his new play about Malcolm X and Redd Foxx. This is my first time sitting down with the now-legendary local ...

A colleague remembers the San Francisco Chronicle theatre critic of the 1970s and ’80s, who died on Feb. 15 at the age of 86. In a meant-to-be fusion of timing and chutzpah, Bernie Weiner launched his ...

This article was originally written for and published in Zócalo Public Square. When The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao burst onto the scene in 2007, it cracked open what a “Dominican story” could ...

Over its 20-year run, the Colorado New Play Summit hasn’t just developed fresh pieces of theatre; it has also developed an audience for new work. A glittering sari unfurled between neighbors. An epic ...

A roundup of notable publications.

A neighbor shouting from an open window may be part of the lively Washington Heights neighborhood Miranda calls home, and which he memorably theatricalized in his Tony-winning musical In the Heights.

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 December 1959, the Kalita Humphreys Theater, the striking concrete home of Dallas Theater Center (DTC), welcomed its first audience. But its architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, never saw a performance ...

Last November, we witnessed two troubling examples of university productions disrespecting a playwright’s intent in regard to casting. Clarion University in Pennsylvania had to cancel their production ...