‘Downstate’ and ‘Catch as a Catch’ at Playwrights Horizons New

“lower stateA Bruce Norris play that The New York Times chief theater critic Jesse Green has called “a writhing moral-thrill journey” will make its New York premiere in October as part of a new season of Playwrights Horizons. Monday. As Playwrights Horizons artistic director Adam Greenfield puts it: “If theater is here to catch us …

Voices of New Playwrights in a Director-Ruled Country

BERLIN — Germany has a rich tradition of playwrights, from Goethe to Brecht, but ask people here to pick a contemporary German playwright and you’ll likely draw a gap. Over the past few decades, the creative space once occupied by playwrights in Germany has been largely filled by directors who have embraced the dramatic repertoire …

A Playwright’s Message: Anti-Asian Hatred Is Not New

On Sunday afternoon, a pigeon passed through a performance of “Covid Crime,” a one-act play at a Manhattan intersection with yellow taxis buzzing against the backdrop of a halal food cart. Written by Lionelle Hamanaka and directed by Howard Pflanzer, the show opened in Richard Tucker Park, a small triangle of cobblestones on the Upper …

Broadway Is Filling With Black Playwrights. But for how much?

In addition to “Chicken & Biscuits,” this season’s plays by Black writers are a long-underrated classic (“Problem in Mind”), an autobiographical memoir (“Missing Blues”), two naturalistic dramas (“Clyde’s” and “Skeleton crew”) and two officially adventurous works (“pass over” and “Thoughts of a Colorful Man”). “They’re seven different plays that examine fundamentally different aspects of the …

New Playwrights Horizons Season Includes Will Arbery World Premiere

About a year ago, Playwrights Horizons’ new artistic director, Adam Greenfield announced a four-game season For 2021, with all titles directed by women and written by writers of color. All four titles—Aleshea Harris’What to Send When It Drops?”Sylvia Khoury”sell Kabul“Tambo & Bones” by Dave Harris and “Wish You Were Here” by Sanaz Toossi – now …