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Lucy Kirkwood, playwright of The Children (now playing on Broadway), says she was trying for a long time to figure out how to write plays about climate change. "Then the events of Fukushima …
It's just an idea right now ... an idea with a building, and a lot of support, attached. "Four black theater organizations have pledged support, and have expressed interest in moving their i…
Of course, they were two men, and of course, they made a YouTube video. "In the video, the two males are seen gaining entry into the building through an unlocked door that gives them access …
“Hidden behind a gender- and race-neutral job description is an expectation, grounded in a stereotype, of what a theatre leader needs to look like: white and male, because white and ma…
“There is an artist of color who is not Latino being cast in a part of someone who is Latino, which I feel can be just as dangerous because to me, as a Latino, that's saying ‘bro…
But the play he lied about sounds potentially amazing: “Mr. Scahill, the documents say, falsely claimed to have obtained the rights to the life story of the opera singer Kathleen Battl…
“We found the bottom part of the whistle; the top, which is missing, would have formed a small reservoir for water with a spout for blowing through. The warbling effect is created as t…
“Male playwrights naturally veer towards telling male-centric Âstories, with women given Âsupporting roles. So for women to have the same opportunities, we need to see more women…
“The original film paints a bleak picture of deeply unhappy people working blue-collar jobs and passively hoping for, rather than actively seeking a way out of their circumstances. The…
“In mask theatre the old can be young again, while the youthful can play the old. Gender, too, is up for grabs. It's also an economically advantageous art form: a small company can pla…
“I feel like out of every kind of performance I'm involved in, theater is still the best way to communicate a story to a group of people. I think there is so much value in putting myse…
