AMERICAN THEATRE

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Rob Weinert-Kendt MANAGING EDITOR Russell M. Dembin SENIOR EDITOR Allison Considine ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jerald Raymond Pierce PHOTO EDITOR Caitlyn Halvorsen EDITORIAL INTERNS Alex Durham Caroline Meredith CREATIVE DIRECTOR Kitty Suen Spe

“CAREFUL THE THINGS YOU SAY—CHILDREN WILL LISTEN,” a famously childless songwriter once wrote. But how right, as usual, Stephen Sondheim was. I for one can vouch for the verity of this double-edged truism, as I hear myself repeating hoary exhortation

EARLIER THIS YEAR, I REPRESENTED THE U.S. Center of the International Theatre Institute at an executive council meeting in Fujairah, one of the seven United Arab Emirates. Our gathering was set on the Gulf of Oman, against the backdrop of Fujairah In

■ The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the recipients of Art Works Grants. Organizations in every state as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico will receive a total of 1,187 in grants, equaling $27.3 million in funding. ■ Com

■ The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia has announced the addition of Leigh Goldenberg as the theatre’s new managing director. The Wilma will also add Morgan Green, James Ijames, and Yury Urnov as new co-artistic directors to serve alongside longtime art

Profession: Director & artistic leader Hometown: Born in Chicago, raised in Raleigh, N.C. Current home: Boston KNOWN FOR: Work in unusual locations—Shakespeare in a pool, Molière in treehouses. Her credits span the East Coast, from Wheelock Family Th

Zoe Caldwell, a Tony winner for Slapstick Tragedy, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Medea, and Master Class, died on Feb. 16. She was 86. playwright thank an actress who has been a muse since his first encounter with her unparalleled brilliance? If you

TCG Board members represent a broad cross-section of the American theatre field and professional perspectives. They are united by their belief in TCG’s mission and dedicated to building a bond between TCG and the national theatre community. Kathryn M