Tony-Award Winning Playwright Mark Medoff Dies At Age 79
Medoff is best known for Children of a Lesser God, a play about a young deaf woman's romance with her speech teacher.
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Glenda Jackson On Playing King Lear: Gender Barriers 'Crack' With Age
The 82-year-old British actor is currently playing Shakespeare's famed tragic figure on Broadway. "Doors have opened for women that were firmly locked many decades ago," she says.
Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks Handles Heavy Themes In Racial Drama 'White Noise'
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks is back with a new controversial play that centers on a group of four interracial friends who get caught up in a contract that gets out of hand.
A Dystopian High School Musical Foresaw The College Admissions Scandal
A California high school is staging an original musical called Ranked, set in a world where class rank means everything, and some parents are willing to pay for their student to get a better spot.
'The Lehman Trilogy' Is A Parable Of American Capitalism
The play The Lehman Trilogy tells a story that spans more than a century: from the arrival of Henry Lehman in New York in 1844 to the 2008 bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers.
Financial Catastrophe Makes For Riveting Theater In 'The Lehman Trilogy'
The new play, about the rise and fall of Lehman Brothers, digs deep into the company's history — beginning with the original brothers, Bavarian immigrants who opened a store in Alabama in the 1840s.
Irrational Exuberance: Audiences Love Broadway Hit 'Greenspan'
A new musical inspired by the Broadway hit about Alexander Hamilton tells the story of former chairman on the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan.
Staging A Debate Over 'What The Constitution Means To Me'
The play is a personal memoir and a civics town hall. It recreates the debate contests Heidi Schreck attended in high school and explores how the Constitution hasn't protected all Americans equally.
How Women Have Been 'Profoundly' Left Out Of The U.S. Constitution
As a teen, Heidi Schreck debated the Constitution in competitions. As an adult, she saw how it shortchanged the women in her family. Her play, What the Constitution Means to Me, will run on Broadway.
'Moonlight' Writer's Broadway Debut Stars A Queer, Black 'Choir Boy'
Like many teenage dramas. Tarell Alvin McCraney's play is set in a prep school. But this one, populated by African-American boys and infused with spirituals and step routines, is a specific story.