285 stories from The Interval
In 2015, Dr. Indira Etwaroo became Executive Director of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and The Billie Holiday Theatre, which is part of the organization and was founded in 1…
In 2015, playwright Dael Orlandersmith went to St. Louis to interview people about their thoughts on race and the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager killed by a police office…
"SpongeBob SquarePants, The Broadway Musical" has become one of the most well-reviewed and popular musicals of the 2017-18 Broadway season. It came from the mind of Tina Landau, who not only…
The new play "The Homecoming Queen" marks Ngozi Anyanwu's Off-Broadway playwriting debut. We spoke with her about her inspiration for the play and how current events changed it, her writing …
Founding artistic director Kelley Girod, director Candis Jones, and playwrights Sandra A. Daley-Sharif, Shelley Fort, Gethsemane Herron-Coward, Charly Evon Simpson, and Mona R. Washington…
In the last century, women were at the forefront of lighting design's major changes, both technological and conceptual, and yet men have dominated its ranks. We look at the history of women …
In the last century, women were at the forefront of lighting design's major changes, both technological and conceptual, and yet men have dominated its ranks. We look at the history of women …
Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver founded Split Britches and the WOW Café in the East Village, which was a home for and central to the development of feminist and queer theatre. They're now presen…
There's a group of women who have combined their artistic and business skills to create their own businesses in addition to their careers in the theatre. We talked to four of them"Jeanna De …
There's a group of women who have combined their artistic and business skills to create their own businesses in addition to their careers in the theatre. We talked to four of them"Jeanna De …
Anne Kauffman has had a big year. We recently sat down to talk to her about staging "Hundred Days," her feelings on her Broadway debut, her plans for Off-Center, and her thoughts about the …
Kate Hamill and Amanda Dehnert are currently presenting a theatrical adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice." We talk with them about the importance of women-centered theatrical narratives and w…
In "Today Is My Birthday," a woman returns home to Hawai'i to figure out her life. In an unusual twist of form, the play's over 50 scenes all happen over the phone, on the radio, or through…
In "Describe the Night", the audience travels ninety years in Russian history"some events real and some fictional"and follows three different, interconnected plots. We talk with director Gi…
Judy Kuhn and Samantha Massell discuss the similarities and differences between the original Broadway production of "Rags" and the current production at Goodspeed, and how the show still …
Judy Kuhn and Samantha Massell discuss the similarities and differences between the original Broadway production of "Rags" and the current production at Goodspeed, and how the show still …
Krysta Rodriguez is currently starring in the play "What We're Up Against," which deals with sexism in the workplace. We talk to Krysta about what drew her the play, gender dynamics, roles f…
Over the next nine weeks, we'll be speaking with the actresses who make up the team of "The Wolves" at Lincoln Center Theater. This week we talk to Susannah Perkins. Check back every Wednesd…
Over the next nine weeks, we'll be speaking with the actresses who make up the team of "The Wolves" at Lincoln Center Theater. This week we talk to Brenna Coates. Check back every Wednesday …
In Jocelyn Bioh's new play "School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play," a group of teenage girls at a boarding school in Ghana compete over who will be the school's entry for the Miss Gh…
Judy Hegarty Lovett has become known as one of the premiere interpreters of Samuel Beckett's work. We speak to her about adapting Beckett's novels for the stage.
Producer Daryl Roth, now nearing the end of her third decade of producing, has become a staple of Broadway and Off-Broadway. We speak with her about her outlook on producing, the story behin…
We gathered a group of directors ranging from emerging to having directed on Broadway"Sash Bischoff, Kel Haney, Candis C. Jones, Rachel Klein, Kimberly Senior, Ilana Ransom Toeplitz, and Wh…
Cristin Milioti on her role in the new play "After the Blast" at Lincoln Center, the pressure of likability, frustrating casting notices for women, and more.
We talk to playwright Anna Ziegler and director Gaye Taylor Upchurch about the process for their new play "The Last Match."
