Remembering Julie Harris: Belle of the American Stage
I knew Julie Harris. Well, not in the ordinary way one knows someone. But I knew her. Really knew her, even if I’ll never be sure exactly who she... Read more →
Latest
7
Just Download Your Mind and You’ll Live Forever
Not long ago I was editing a study guide for a play about the complex potential of the future of mind-downloading. Now I know exactly zero about this... Read more →
7
Theatre Truth or Consequences as Tony Awards Near
If I ask myself what drew me to the theatre before I knew enough to even formulate the question, the answer has to be that it was a gigantic jolt to... Read more →
8
Sylvie Drake: “A Lemon Is Not a Lowly Fruit” & Two More Poems
Sylvie Drake is a translator, writer, poet and a former theatre critic and columnist for the Los Angeles Times. A directing graduate of the Pasadena... Read more →
9
How We Pay
Unless you are Native American, you are an immigrant—or you are descended of immigrants. I am too, and I have found a safe home and good life in... Read more →
24
Sylvie Drake: “Valentine”
Sylvie Drake is a translator, writer, poet and a former theatre critic and columnist for the Los Angeles Times. A directing graduate of the Pasadena... Read more →
4
Unfocused in America
Recently, my colleagues and I were asked to offer suggestions for things we would like to see happen in the work place. A routine question that comes... Read more →
11
Our Critical Juncture
In 2007, theatre critic, writer and blogger Les Spindle wrote an article for Back Stage West that defended an unpopular position: that it takes a... Read more →
1
Anyone With Nothing to Say Can Say It
One of the things that really irks me as a writer is the increasingly careless use of language — often because it is used to say so little of... Read more →
Follow Us