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Launching The New York Times Critic Watch at NYTCriticWatch.com - Need your Participation
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Launching The New York Times Critic Watch at NYTCriticWatch.com - Need your Participation

28 December 2011

Introducing The New York Times Critic Watch, a reader-fueled experiement to map the effect of the Times' critics on the American theatre.

Confessions of a Serial Intern
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Confessions of a Serial Intern

22 December 2011

Annah Feinberg offers insight on her experiences as an intern.

Turning Our Eyes Forward
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Turning Our Eyes Forward

19 December 2011

Deborah Cullinan asks how the theater community can create work that crosses the fractured lines of our contemporary communities and truly converges with the outside world.

 

Actors perform onstage in front of a sign that reads "REVOLUTION".
Interview with Steven Sapp
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Interview with Steven Sapp

15 December 2011

Erin Washington interviews Steven Sapp about his process with Universes, and their show Party People at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Commons Projects
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Commons Projects

14 December 2011
Many actors raise their hands onstage.
A Slushy in the Face
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A Slushy in the Face

Musical Theater Music and the Uncool

12 December 2011

Musical theatre composer Dave Malloy questions why musical theatre has become uncool and makes a case for authenticity in the theatre.

Actors rehearse for a play.
Make It Hurt So Good
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Make It Hurt So Good

8 December 2011

Miriam Weisfeld ruminates on whether art should hurt, examining the dynamics of visual art, theatre, and American culture.

Portrait of P. Carl.
A Creative Room of One's Own
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A Creative Room of One's Own

5 December 2011

P. Carl ruminates on the comparison between an ER and a rehearsal room, and the lessons we can lean as theater makers from both.

 

The cover of Stand Up Tragedy, a play by Bill Cain. The title of the play is etched into the bottom of a shoe.
When New Plays Get Old
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When New Plays Get Old

1 December 2011

"I keep thinking about these orphaned plays, which were in fact once loved. Where do they fit in the new play lifecycle of American Theater?"

Civic Theater
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Civic Theater

Part 2

28 November 2011

Michael Rohd details the how, the why and the what of his approach to making civic theater.

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