Playwrights
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‘Beaches’ on Broadway Puts Female Friendship in the Spotlight
Cocreator Iris Rainer Dart and costar Kelli Barrett on the power of their moving new musical
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Why David Lindsay-Abaire Is Thankful Marylouise Burke’s Voice Is in His Head
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and the veteran character actress discuss their latest collaboration: The Balusters on Broadway
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Why ‘Becky Shaw’ Sparks Laughs and Arguments
Two-time Pulitzer finalist Gina Gionfriddo makes her Broadway with a revival of her 2008 dark comedy
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How Three New Plays Are Putting Sobriety in the Spotlight
The writers of ‘Blackout Songs,’ ‘The Dinosaurs’ and ‘The Reservoir’ on the evolution of addiction onstage
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Take Two for a Milestone Moment for Asian American Playwrights
Lauren Yee, Alex Lin, Aya Ogawa and Jeena Yi all have new plays opening Off Broadway. They’re excited and anxious.
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Why Danny Strong and Michael Mayer Were Game to Rework the Musical ‘Chess’
The Emmy-winning scribe and the Tony-winning director on overhauling the notoriously troubled cult favorite
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Why an Autistic Playwright Is Ready to Cross the Line in His New Comedy
Dave Osmundsen on the origin of his new play BUM BUM (or, this farce has Autism)
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Why a Prolific Playwright Is Making His Broadway Debut with a Show About Writer’s Block
Samuel D. Hunter finally arrives on the Main Stem with Little Bear Ridge Road starring Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock — In Little Bear Ridge Road, a writer named Ethan (Micah Stock) has stopped writing. As a graduate student, he authored stories based on his own life. When he reconnects with his aunt Sarah (two-time […]
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How Do You Turn a Sci-Fi Series into a Stage Sensation?
T.R. Knight, Louis McCartney and Rosie Benton in Stranger Things: The First Shadow. Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman.