Table of Contents

Features:

Mabou Mines: A Love Story
The black-sheep troupe of the avant-garde is still going strong. So are Ruth and Lee.
by Randy Gener

Catching Up with Ntozake Shange
Her innovations in stage verse and movement have inspired a new generation
by Will Power

PLAYSCRIPT
'The Internationalist'
The complete text of Anne Washburn's inventive take on travel, business and miscommunication.
Plus, an interview with the playwright by Kathryn Walat

Departments:

Editor's Note

Letters

From the Executive Director
Memories in a Box

News in Brief
Plus: Entrances & Exits; Awards & Prizes; In Memoriam

Front & Center

Production Notebook
Passing Strange at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and the Public Theater

Currents
A panel on laywriting in the 21st century
moderated by Mark Bly

Socrates on Stage
by Jonathan Kalb

Opinion
Marshall Mason on criticism

Global Spotlight

April On Stage

20 Questions
Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg