60 years ago, the Changed Ending of “My Fair Lady” Failed Eliza Doolittle
The 1964 film sacrificed Eliza Doolittle’s agency in George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion and resorted to romance as an easy solution.
Migration in Dialogue – Fernando Buzhar Segall
“The answer is not deportation”: a Brazilian playwright discusses visa accessibility and artistry.
Monstrosity as Symptom in Celine Song’s “Family”
In a site-specific work by the Past Lives creator, surrealism and incest are the only options.
War, Women, Whimsy: Lucky Breaks Examines Ukraine’s Wartime Trauma
A surrealist play adapted from Yevgenia Belorusets’s book attempts to unpack the unspeakable.
La MaMa Looks Inward and Beyond With Its 63rd Season
The East Village avant-garde theatre institution celebrates a year of technological enhancements and renovations.
When It Rains, It Pours: Queer Hilarity in “Vile Isle”
Justin Halle and Spencer Whale’s new play at The Tank follows a group of gay men at the end of the world.
Baseball, Melodrama, and Public Perception: An Interview with Travis Stern
Cap Anson, Ty Cobb, and Babe Ruth took to the theater stage during their off-seasons to shape their public image.