The present is never alone. Take comfort: There is future, and there is past. We walk, hand in hand, with ghosts of world stages: all the players who have exited, shadows of violence, sets in ruins.

On this episode we speak to the writer and director of the new play ‘Mother of Exiles,’ and talk arts funding and community engagement with author Donna Walker ...

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals at New World Stages, which ran for its 37th year Oct. 23-24, offers an annual chance to reflect on the state of new musicals and ...

A lot of theatre artists say they don’t read criticism, and I never quite believe them. Playwright Bess Wohl has a unique approach that was new to me: She said she reads reviews of her plays “like ...

New memoirs from playwright Martin Sherman and producer Jeffrey Seller recount their bumpy but determined journeys to lives in the theatre. If one considers even the basic facts of their childhoods, ...

Trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming artists weren’t welcome at the stage door. They found their own way in—and they’re holding the door open for others. Days in the lives of theatre folks ...

Award-winning journalist and podcast host Al Letson harmonizes with Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in his retelling of the story. Just as Shakespeare chronicled history to create a means of understanding ...

An Asian American theatremaker reflects on the intent and impact of Broadway’s ‘Maybe Happy Ending,’ and the precedent its latest casting decision may set. AAPAC noted MHE’s South Korea setting, and ...

The administration’s 2026 budget comes at a time when the future of NEA staff and grant programs remains in doubt. WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Trump has released a 2026 budget proposal which includes, ...

Last week American artists and arts organizations learned that they won’t be spared from President Trump’s attempts to reshape the federal government in his image, which has roiled agencies all over ...

A new adaptation of Sophocles’s classic will be staged at a museum that once held Native remains—but it’s hardly a staid museum piece. Beth (Nez Perce) joined the production’s director, Madeline Sayet ...

LaTeshia Ellerson and Emilya Cachapero will head up national engagement and national & global programming, respectively, with an operations & business development leader yet to be hired. Karena ...