Playwrights on Writing

The playwright ponders the relative ease and financial advantages of turning out...




And that's precisely what bothers some people. All that structure and all that...




Write, test, listen, cut, rewrite. Five playwrights on the drama of...




The phrase 'sad little play' hung in his mind -- no way did he want them applied...




Adapting Betty Comden and Adolph Green's 'The Bandwagon' was a labor of love for...




Yes, the director should be in charge now, only the author is the director....




To lure a new generation, shelve the tried and true. Let the audience learn to...




In a world where fact and fiction blur, sometimes invention is the shortest...




When great actors are denied great roles because of their skin color, there's...




Dead? Just the opposite. Theater is very much alive, because it's live. And best...




What would boost the odds of our Round Table romp becoming a Vegas success --...




Whenever I try to write a worthwhile play, I find it helps to see just how awful...




My wildly careening career ride may have seemed like a string of detours, but as...




There's no mapping it out. Stories can come from the dramas that just happen...




Responsibility is a burden, and we in Culture Clash often feel its weight. But...




Can a white writer capture the black experience? Is it fair to try?




Billy Crystal started writing "700 Sundays" as a meditation on his father's...




Lying. Some people might call it pathological. Rick Cleveland calls it "The...




That movie, that play, that war — its title may not be logical, or barely true....




The road to "Avenue Q" has had more than a few bumps and turns. But the audience...




One wouldn't expect an elderly gay transvestite to be so beloved, but rooting...




Art takes us to a place that journalism can't: the psychological heart of the...




Nothing's better than a coffee shop — or a deli or barbecue joint or taco...




Uncertainty can be a positive catalyst, and the resolution can be dramatic. A...




In studying the folk tales that were handed down by my people in bondage to...




Music leavens the agony of an era in "Caroline, or Change."




Simply entertaining an audience for a little while is a worthy goal in and of...




If we're formed by our experiences, shouldn't our work be as well? Even...




Writing books is scant preparation for the collaborative land mine of writing...




Playwright Donald Margulies finds in his home borough not only a tug to the...