We explore the craft, culture, and people of Off-Broadway theater

In the January issue:

Vol. 1, Issue 4

Articles
The Show Must Go On . . . at 5. Or 7. Or Midnight

As Sam Pinkleton dreams of late-night Rocky Horror performances, Broadway and Off-Broadway are experimenting with new curtain times — from 11 a.m. matinees to pre-dinner starts. Are we entering a timely revolution?

By Tim Teeman

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Articles
Ryan J. Haddad on Intimacy, Ensemble Work, and Letting Go of the Plan
Issue 4 - Interview
Winter Miller
Ryan J. Haddad on Intimacy, Ensemble Work, and Letting Go of the Plan
Issue 4 - Interview
Winter Miller

The actor and playwright talks Tartuffe, his autobiographical solo performances, being a musical theater kid, and what’s next.

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Issue 4 - Interview
Winter Miller
Articles
On Hiring: One Broadway Director’s View Beyond the Audition Room
Issue 4 - Essay
Sammi Cannold
On Hiring: One Broadway Director’s View Beyond the Audition Room
Issue 4 - Essay
Sammi Cannold

After making nearly 240 hiring decisions in a single year, Sammi Cannold reflects on how actors are actually cast — and what transparency might offer artists navigating the process.

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Issue 4 - Essay
Sammi Cannold
Articles
Issue 4 - Profile
Billy McEntee
No Matter the Play, This Pole Takes Center Stage
Issue 4 - Profile
Billy McEntee

Obstacle or opportunity? Five directors explain how they worked with — and around — Theaterlab’s infamous white pillar.

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Issue 4 - Profile
Billy McEntee

The Weekly Spotlight

Articles
Turning “Picnic at Hanging Rock” into a Musical
Spotlight
Shoshana Greenberg
Turning “Picnic at Hanging Rock” into a Musical
Spotlight
Shoshana Greenberg

The playwright Hilary Bell discusses collaborating with composer Greta Gertler Gold, developing new work in New York, and honoring the classic Australian story rooted in female struggle and First Nations history.

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Spotlight
Shoshana Greenberg
Articles
Meghan Finn on Taking the Tank to New Heights
Spotlight
Jude Cramer
Meghan Finn on Taking the Tank to New Heights
Spotlight
Jude Cramer

Eight years into her tenure as artistic director of the Tank, Finn reflects on the nonprofit’s revolutionary production model, sharing the reins with Johnny G. Lloyd, and mounting “Everything Is Here.”

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Spotlight
Jude Cramer
Articles
Spotlight
Peter Marks
Fiasco and the Saunders Collective Shake Up “The Comedy of Errors”
Spotlight
Peter Marks

Through the Without a Net initiative, the theater company and the real-life siblings invite audiences into their workshop of Shakespeare’s fastest farce.

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Spotlight
Peter Marks

Vol. 1, Issue 3

In the December issue:

Articles
The Barrow Group’s 40-Year Experiment in Realism

The theater company’s classes and productions have shaped artists across the city—and now Scott Organ’s new play Diversion demonstrates why its “non-acting acting” remains so resonant.

By Jude Cramer

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Articles
Judy Kuhn on Acting through Song, Taking Risks, and Reviving “The Baker’s Wife”
Issue 3 - Interview
Jen Gushue
Judy Kuhn on Acting through Song, Taking Risks, and Reviving “The Baker’s Wife”
Issue 3 - Interview
Jen Gushue

From Rags to Pocahontas to Classic Stage Company, the actor reflects on her evolving career, collaborating with Stephen Schwartz, and why an old-fashioned musical comedy feels surprisingly right for this moment.

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Issue 3 - Interview
Jen Gushue
Articles
When Music Becomes Visible
Issue 3 - Essay
Jay Alan Zimmerman
When Music Becomes Visible
Issue 3 - Essay
Jay Alan Zimmerman

Jay Alan Zimmerman on composing for the eyes, adapting Sarah Ruhl’s poems, and building a new language for Deaf artists and audiences.

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Issue 3 - Essay
Jay Alan Zimmerman
Articles
Issue 3 - Profile
Durra Leung
Francis Jue Plays the Voice of Reason in a World That Won’t Listen
Issue 3 - Profile
Durra Leung

Fresh off his Tony win for Yellow Face, the actor discusses why he finally said yes to Tartuffe, finding the comedy in moral frustration, and the lesson he keeps relearning: “I have a right to be there.”

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Issue 3 - Profile
Durra Leung

Vol. 1, Issue 2

In the November issue:

Articles
Twenty Years, 65 Plays, and the Man Who Won’t Let Shaw Fade Away

For two decades, Gingold Theatrical Group’s David Staller has championed George Bernard Shaw—and he’s convinced the playwright still has something to say in 2025.

By John DeVore

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Articles
The Art of Collaboration
Issue 2 - Essay
Kate Douglas
The Art of Collaboration
Issue 2 - Essay
Kate Douglas

What makes a successful writer-director partnership? Writer Kate Douglas explores this essential question through conversations with long-term creative pairs, as well as her own work with director Kate Whoriskey.

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Issue 2 - Essay
Kate Douglas
Articles
Douglas Lyons on Boldness, Craft, and Writing the World He Wants to Live In
Issue 2 - Interview
Tyrone L. Robinson
Douglas Lyons on Boldness, Craft, and Writing the World He Wants to Live In
Issue 2 - Interview
Tyrone L. Robinson

As his new musical Beau launches its uptown run, the multi-hyphenate artist discusses daily habits, building community, and why artists need more than one creative fire burning.

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Issue 2 - Interview
Tyrone L. Robinson
Articles
Issue 2 - Profile
Danielle Frimer
Best Friends Forever?
Issue 2 - Profile
Danielle Frimer

Playwright Lia Romeo and director Katie Birenboim discuss their collaboration on The Lucky Ones, a play that tests the bonds of female friendship amid life, illness, and desire.

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Issue 2 - Profile
Danielle Frimer

Vol. 1, Issue 1

In the October issue:

Articles
Inside Off-Broadway’s Future

Fresh venues, small shows, big names. The industry is restless, inventive—and under pressure to prove why it matters now.

By Tim Teeman

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Articles
Zoë Kim on Hunger, Love, and Making Art From Her Own Life
Issue 1 - Interview
Durra Leung
Zoë Kim on Hunger, Love, and Making Art From Her Own Life
Issue 1 - Interview
Durra Leung

With her solo show Did You Eat? (밥 먹었니?) at the Public Theater, the actor-playwright turns personal history into a fearless exploration of family, identity, and community.

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Issue 1 - Interview
Durra Leung
Articles
In Praise of Intimacy
Issue 1 - Essay
Adam Gwon
In Praise of Intimacy
Issue 1 - Essay
Adam Gwon

Composer-lyricist Adam Gwon traces the moments when theater collapses the distance between artist and audience, offering something private, urgent, and transformative.

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Issue 1 - Essay
Adam Gwon
Articles
Issue 1 - Profile
Jen Gushue
Jen Tullock and the World She Left Behind
Issue 1 - Profile
Jen Gushue

The Severance star draws from her Evangelical past in a daring solo play that confronts trauma, faith, and control.

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Issue 1 - Profile
Jen Gushue