This New Jersey company commissions and stages topical new plays but doesn’t claim ‘world premiere’ status, giving playwrights a safe place to work and students a place to learn about new-work ...

When adapting a horror staple to the stage, the devil is in the details. “We just sort of adore each other and really share a language, not only in this specific genre, but also just in storytelling,” ...

Following is an excerpt from the program notes for Wonder, a new musical by Sarah Ruhl, Chad King, and Ian Axel adapted from R.J. Palacio’s popular book, now running at American Repertory Theater in ...

The Dallas-based playwright and theatre leader has an eye and ear for detail, including in his new play about Malcolm X and Redd Foxx.

The playwright talks about how she channeled her anger about our nation’s gun violence epidemic into an audacious, imaginative play seen through the eyes of a child. TAMILLA WOODARD: When I read this ...

The nation’s political upheaval surfaced more than usual in our coverage of theatre and its makers, but thankfully that wasn’t the only story of the year. What can I say here about the annus ...

Led by UTR and New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, the initiative will allow 1,500 New Yorkers to see select Under the Radar shows at no cost. “When I speak about making this city more affordable, ...

The author of a new musical based on a book about facial difference writes about how the show took its unique shape and gathered its like-minded team. The 95-year-old actor reflects on her rich and ...

To compile this list of the new millennium’s influential plays and musicals, we turned to industry workers, leaders, and observers to come up with 50 that pushed theatre forward. A lot can happen in ...

The complete script of Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust appears in our Spring 2024 issue. The play, about a lonely, full-grown man with an imaginary friend in a small town outside Rochester, N.Y., had its ...

Maria Irene Fornes’s work creates worlds onstage, not just through her play’s texts but through her acutely tuned sense of design. Long recognized as one of the most influential playwrights and ...

Lynn Nottage returns to the top of this list, which she dominated last year as well, after popping on and off the list since 2016. She earns the top spot on the strength not only of Clyde’s, but a ...