The world lost its most celebrated modern playwright over Thanksgiving weekend. Tom Stoppard made history. He won five Tony Awards - five - for best play on Broadway. He also wrote many movie ...

Tony-nominated playwright/journalist/novelist/filmmaker Nora Ephron once advised the graduating class of Wellesley College as follows: "Whatever you choose, however ...

When Martyna Majok got the call that she was co-honored with a 2023 Steinberg Playwright Award and that she and Mona Mansour would each be given $100,000 from the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable ...

It's not every day a playwright gets two productions at major non-profit theaters within a few months, much less a playwright who had previously never had a single play staged. "English was my first ...

For a new playwright, staging an Off-Broadway show is nearly impossible. Even getting anyone to read your work can be a huge challenge. But not for Annie Baker, who staged nine plays before she turned ...

Performances in N.Y.C. With their Tent Theater Company, Tim Sanford and Aimée Hayes want to raise the profiles of older artists and keep them from being sidelined. Tim Sanford, with his co-artistic ...

Many playwrights work as screenwriters and TV writers as a way to supplement their income and say they've been squeezed financially by both stage and screen in recent years. By Caitlin Huston, Abbey ...