211 stories from 2AMT
I've been thinking more and more about my responsibility as an artist. And just typing that feels a little weird"the idea that artists have responsibilities other than to their art. But our …
So you’re at the Humana Festival of New American Plays and you’ve got a few minutes. You’ve seen the art, you’ve looked at the gifts, you’ve had a bourbon. Mayb…
Full Disclosure: I worked at Actors Theatre of Louisville for over 7 years. I am currently a board member with Le Petomane Theater Ensemble. Over the years I have held internships at Arena S…
It's March 27th again. A day stamped by UNESCO as World Theatre Day 50 years ago in that way that organizations will… slapping a name on a day as though that could make it special. It can'…
As Adam Feldman pointed out this week on the Time Out New York site: “(Mike) Daisey acknowledged that he had erred in presenting his work"a hard-hitting look at the brutal Chinese labo…
There are two kinds of light: the glow that illuminates and the glare that obscures. — James Thurber In the rush to parse statements and assign blame this weekend, it seems like we're …
About a month ago, I approached a local theatre company with a project: "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs." Mike Daisey had released the script into the world a few weeks before. I re…
Here in DC, it's season roll-out time. The major theatres are sending out press releases listing the plays they'll be tackling in their 2012-13 season, making each seem like a precious gem t…
Biodiversity is the practice of cultivating and sustaining a broad array of species in a given ecosystem. The opposite is monoculture. Monoculture is the practice of limiting species in a gi…
In January 2012, multi-disciplinary theatre collective Waterwell collaborated with the glam-punk band Bambï to create GOODBAR, a rock concert based on the book Looking for Mr. Goodbar,…
I’m at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for opening weekend, and I’m live-blogging this morning’s media coffee using Cover It Live – click the link below, and you shou…
What are we missing out on by not having more female voices and perspectives on our stages? As we make our way to the culminating event in Forum Theatre’s current Female Voices Festiva…
The Metropolitan Opera just posted their new online brochure, and it has a few clickable links to audio and video plus photos that make it look more like an edgy contemporary theatre than th…
I love Into the Woods. I love the music, I love the book, it's one of my favorite musicals. So I'm more than a little nervous at the thought of Disney and Rob Marshall teaming up to bring it…
A Series of Questions and Thoughts about Some Real Issues We and Theater Journalists Could Ponder as to Why Theaters Aren’t More Daring Most of the regional theaters I’ve worked …
The Denver Center Theatre Company solidified its growing place as a major player in the development of new works for the American theater with last weekend's well-received 7th annual Colorad…
Last fall, I spent a week in residence at a university in Iowa (I'll spare the name, no use in pointing fingers) seeing a play of mine produced, seeing another play read by a student organiz…
At the beginning of December, I breached countless confidences, both personal and professional, in order to bring you "Decoder,” a post which revealed the true meaning of timeworn word…
Over the past week or so I have been near the center of exchanges about theatre and social media that feel alternately like discussions, vent sessions, and policy ponderings. Social media an…
There's a great, big, beautiful tomorrow Shining at the end of every day There's a great, big, beautiful tomorrow And tomorrow's just a dream away Walking into the darkened New World Stages …
In the spring of 2011, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company was a finalist for an award recognizing excellence in non-profit management administered by the Washington Post and the Center for Nonpr…
When a theater is only open to the public for 15 minutes before and after a performance"and is otherwise closed and locked, with the public let in and, if necessary, kicked out"the questi…
On my own blog some time ago I wrote about smaller and regional theatres being considered "minor league" in the pejorative sense and the broken ideas around that vocabulary in a post called …
Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. — Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing Over at Arts Journal, they're hosting a discussion & debate this week called Lead Or Follow? In their w…
