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 ...

In light of recent controversies over plays by Katori Hall and Lloyd Suh, it's clear that theatre needs a color-conscious casting approach.

In November 1985, American Theatre magazine’s second year of existence, Emily Mann’s Execution of Justice appeared in its pages. It was the first full play text the magazine had published. Below is a ...

Orchestrator Doug Besterman (‘Death Becomes Her,’ ‘Boop!,’ ‘Smash’) and music director/arranger Marco Paguia (‘Buena Vista Social Club’) compare notes.

How disabled performing artists are challenging ableism, building access, and imagining new worlds.

Both in content and form, documentary theatre in the U.S. has always been at theatre's cutting edge.

Lin-Manuel Miranda packed everything he knows about history, hip-hop, and musical theatre into his new hit show. No wonder 'Hamilton' is changing everything.

American Theatre provides news, features, artist interviews, and editorials about theatre in the US and abroad.

Not every Jewish role needs to be cast with Jewish actors, but for plays with antisemitic elements, strong Jewish representation is a must.

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A dialogue on how students, teachers, and parents can push back against a wave of conservative legislation and intimidation that threatens to chill theatrical expression.

Thanks for this thoughtful piece - one clarification is required, though: the author refers to Sondheim's anecdote of being convinced to "change the music" for "Rose's Turn" in Gypsy, but Sondheim did ...