Theatre, the Post Office, and Democracy
By Laura Penn. In this keynote from the 2026 National Theatre Conference, Laura Penn compares the American theatre to the postal service as modes for human connection, civic engagement, and …
Today is Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Laura Benanti Scott Foley Linda Ronstadt George Pentecost Larry Cohen Ken Kercheval Joanna Merlin Lee Wallace Nan Martin Albert Popwell Joan Roberts Murvyn Vye Robert H. Harris Dorothy Fields Raymond Hackett Enid Bennett Marjorie Rambeau Joseph Crehan Marie Tempest Terrance O'Quinn Larry Blank Pamela Myers Sid Marshall H. B. Barnum Bill Gunn Lee Billington Rockne Tarkington George Reeder Jay Landesman