By Jonathan Mandell. The artistic director of the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University asked us to consider the history of theater to realize how much more theater can be"and should be. Greek theater, she said, was more like American Idol than it was like the theater we know today, taking place at competitive festivals. It was also engaged in the "civic, religious, social and political" life of the times.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:24PM on February 26, 2014