I wonder if this is where we are going, toward a future where gender and even appearances are the last rather than the first details we notice and judge in friends and strangers.
Blog Posts about Theater
Unbearable Truth
When I came out of the Roundabout Theatre production of Arthur Miller’s play, All My Sons, I immediately faced an unbearable truth.
No Refuge but in Writing
I have been blessed this week by two immersions in the work of Tennessee Williams, a writer I’ve always adored.
The Rocking Chair Tour
We never even got as far as humor when attempting to redefine manhood. Will humor get us nearer the starting gate when redefining age?
At Long Last
Broadway… really can’t maintain its status as the place where new playwrights, especially women, go to gain recognition.
Your 16 Favorites of 2016
As this memorable year comes to an end, I’ve chosen my sixteen most popular posts of the year, based on visits, comments, Tweets and Facebook likes.
Sometimes It Takes a While…
The number of produced plays written by women (although not necessarily directed by women) has inched up; we are still far from being represented as we should be on the stage but our efforts, over time, are bearing fruit.
Show Business
Every few years, for reasons no has explored, women playwrights find a less chilly reception than we have usually encountered in the theatre. Such a blissful period, in the eighties, ushered in my first plays, and now another blessed moment gives me a chance to submit one of those first plays to a short play festival in New York.
The Women’s Project Theater: Good News At Last
Over time, the survival of the Women’s Project, the largest and oldest theatre in this country supporting the work of women, will depend on our ability as past and present and future supporters to believe in a restored vision. Good luck, Lisa!
Update on The Womens Project
The petition protesting the termination of Julie Crosby as Artistic Director of the Women’s Project gained the signatures of over seven hundred people. The signers included this country’s most accomplished theatre artists, leaders, managers, and supporters.