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Why a Lawyer Felt Compelled to Write 'American Son'

By REGINA ROBBINS

Monday, November 05, 2018 • Playwriting • 0 comments Share This

Mon Nov 5, 2018 • Playwriting • 0 comments Share This

Playwright Christopher Demos-Brown makes his Broadway debut with the racially charged drama --- The new Broadway play American Son explores the notion of justice (or lack thereof) by chronicling a fraught night in the life of a Florida family whose teenage son has gone missing. His parents, an interracial couple played by Scandal's Kerry Washington...

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It May Not Be True, But It Feels Real

By JUAN MICHAEL PORTER II

Friday, November 02, 2018 • Playwriting • 0 comments Share This

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Ngozi Anyanwu stars in her new play Good Grief at the Vineyard Theatre --- Media depictions of black folk frequently flatten out their complexity. The relentlessly chipper black neighbor on that sitcom, or the magically wise black teacher in that movie only exist onscreen. In the New York premiere of Good Grief at the Vineyard Theatre, playwright...

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Don't Worry, You Get Safety Kits

By ELIZA BENT

Thursday, October 25, 2018 • Playwriting • 0 comments Share This

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Inside Cara Scarmack's examination of motherhood, isolation, the apocalypse and everyday weirdness --- By the time I arrived at Cara Scarmack's some higher glimmer in our landscape of flat, presented by Buran Theatre at Collapsable Hole, I'd already traveled through three boroughs and was schlepping a very large to-go cup of soup. That turned out...

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How Do You Conjure a Feminist Icon Onstage?

By CAREY PURCELL

Friday, October 19, 2018 • Playwriting • 1 comment Share This

Fri Oct 19, 2018 • Playwriting • 1 comment Share This

How playwright Emily Mann turned Gloria Steinem's life into activist theatre --- Breaking new ground for women in theatre is nothing new for Emily Mann. The 66-year-old playwright and director, who has served as the artistic director of New Jersey's McCarter Theatre Center since 1991, was the first female to helm productions at many storied regional...

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What Does It Mean to Be Human?

By DIEP TRAN

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 • Playwriting • 0 comments Share This

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Andrew R. Butler's new folk musical is set two centuries from now but speaks to today --- A man with long, unruly red hair and a matching beard takes the Ars Nova stage with a guitar. He says his name is Rags Parkland and he's going to be singing some tunes. He strums his instrument and croons a love song -- but his object of desire is surprising....

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Wait, Didn't We Just Watch That Scene?

By ELIZA BENT

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 • Playwriting • 0 comments Share This

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Inside David Greenspan's new time- and reality-bending play --- The spark for The Things That Were There was ignited the night David Greenspan agreed to auction off his talents. The five-time Obie winner -- who's as lauded for his performing as his playwriting -- was participating in New Dramatists' signature fundraiser Nocturnal Commissions,...

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This Play Is About More Than Autism

By REGINA ROBBINS

Thursday, September 20, 2018 • Playwriting • 1 comment Share This

Thu Sep 20, 2018 • Playwriting • 1 comment Share This

The radical inclusiveness of Catya McMullen's Agnes --- "I didn't set out to write about autism," says Catya McMullen about her world-premiere play Agnes at 59E59 Theaters. When she started on the script in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, she wanted to explore the drama that could ensue when characters with complex relationships were stuck together in...

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