In 1933, the Gestapo arrested and imprisoned Hannah Arendt, a 26-year-old Jewish scholar, on a charge of...
Theatre
AMERICAN THEATRE | Leadership Changes at American Players Theatre, Magic Theatre, and More
Clockwise from top left: Brenda DeVita, departing artistic director from American Players...
AMERICAN THEATRE | A God Comes Crashing Through: Rehearsing ‘Oedipus’ in North Carolina
Perhaps it was hubris. Playmakers Rep artistic director Vivienne Benesch and I had dreamed up an explosive way...
A Note from Daley, 24 September
Kia ora e te whānau, I write to you having recently returned from Shark Island Kangaroo Valley with our 2026...
AMERICAN THEATRE | The American Nonprofit Theatre Movement Must Be Reimagined
Growing up, I had a picture book of Aesop’s fables. I can still see so clearly the illustration of “The Boy Who...
Taking the Stage vs. Authoritarian Censorship: The National Museum of African-American History and Culture at 10.
In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, which...
AMERICAN THEATRE | Back to School with Devising at White Bird Productions
The transition from summer to fall is always too swift, and as my maternity leave comes to an end, I’m finding...
AMERICAN THEATRE | For Duncan Sheik: Requiescat
From the beginning—which already felt like “from always”—Duncan and I wrote about parting, grief, and loss. But...
Thrills and Chills Beyond Broadway. Spring Awakening composer Duncan Sheik (Nov. 18, 1969 – Sept. 17, 2026) Stageworthy News
Thrilling: 40 buffaloes roaming in Brooklyn! A new theater and cultural center opening in Inwood! Chilling: The...
AMERICAN THEATRE | Rural Tenderness in ‘Horsegirl & Cowdaddy’
Lindsay Smiling in 'Horsegirl and Cowdaddy' at the Wilma Theater. What if queerness weren’t...
AMERICAN THEATRE | D.C. Resilience and Resistance in Mosaic Theater’s Reflection Series
Actor Ty’Ree Hope Davis wanted to directly tackle the impact D.C. has as the nation’s capital—and to address...
Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi
In one of the most exhilarating and purest works of theater in memory, the herd of forty buffaloes lumbered...




























