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I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU: TOP 10 PLAYS & MUSICALS ABOUT SIBLINGS

Finn and Lapine’s A NEW BRAIN is Filled with Heart & Music

A Writer’s Daughter

Every night, my father would sit at his typewriter and write his scripts. Our family lived in New York City in Manhattan in a large apartment. My room was next to my father’s office. It was this clacking that sent me to sleep at night; this noise evokes a man deeply immersed in his work. In…

Quirky & Epic: 24 Shows That Are All About Love

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we’ve curated a list of several Samuel French titles centering around the theme of love. Below you’ll find our staff’s hand-picked choices sorted into different categories, perfect for whatever kind of love you…

Be the Funny! A Brief Primer on Writing Comedy

I’m not funny. Witty rejoinders, jokes, double entendres — or single entendres, for that matter — are not my forte. In person, I’m a serious, earnest sort. But on paper, I’ve managed to create some very funny characters.

Teenage Girls on Stage: Young Women Who Do Things

Oh to experience the world of a teenage girl in ninety minutes (disclosure: I wish my teenage years had only lasted ninety minutes). When I sat in the Duke on 42nd in New York City, next to the green, green astroturf and girls in shorts…

Silence is Key in Annie Baker’s THE FLICK

As actors, we are often told to “act faster” or to “act on the line, rather than in between the lines.” “Louder, faster, funnier” is a phrase that has infiltrated many rehearsal spaces, and it is one that has not always gained the desired effect from the…