Theater
Guest Post: Haunted by Future Anxiety by Laurel Haines
About ten years ago I started to feel like maybe the future wouldn’t be so great. Not my personal future, but the future we were creating by destroying the environment and racking up national debt...
The Tony Nominations 2011 — Women Writers Completely Missing
There is some good news and some very bad news in today’s Tony nominations. The good news first. • Two women are nominated for best direction of play: Anna D. Shapiro, The Motherf**ker with the...
Women Theatre Directors Talk About Working in Seattle
Great piece in the Seattle Times (with a video below) on how strong a town Seattle is for women theatre directors. Here’s a comment from Kate Whoriskey who runs the Intiman Theatre about how things...
Julie Taymor Exits Spider-Man Musical
Reports were confirmed last night that director Julie Taymor has departed the Spider-man musical which she had been working on for years. The visionary directory who rose to the stratosphere of her...
Julie Taymor Talks About The Struggle With Spiderman
Julie Taymor has been in NY working non-stop on trying to get the Spiderman Musical to a place where it can finally open. The knives have been out for some time for many reasons. One, this is the...
The Susan Smith Blackburn Finalists
This is the 33rd year of the awards that honor the most outstanding English written play by a woman. Julia Cho won the award in 2010. The 2011 nominees are (descriptions below):Lisa...
Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss Take on Hellman’s The Children’s Hour
I have to say this is one of my favorite plays and Hellman is one of my favorite female writers. I remember when I got to Graduate school and had to read a ton of plays (yes, I have a degree in...
A Visionary Theatrical Entrepreneur — Molly Smith at Arena Stage
At a time when many theatres are retrenching because of financial difficulties, Arena Stage is bucking that trend and is actually expanding under the guidance of Artistic Director, Molly Smith....
Text of Theresa Rebeck Laura Pels Keynote Address
Last night I saw someone do something very brave. My friend, Theresa Rebeck, a very successful playwright, TV writer and novelist, got up in front of a group of theatre people and talked about...