Table of Contents
Features:
Beauty and the Supercomputer
In surprising ways,
visionary director Julie Taymor's
big 'Spider-Man' gamble brings her full circle
to her avant-garde roots
By Roger Copeland
Casting Without Limits
What if theatres stopped using
actors' gender, age, race and body type to assign roles?
By Richard Schechner
Departments:
From the Executive Director
The Spirit of 2010
Playscript:
Edward Albee's Me, Myself & I
The complete text of a serio-comic new play on the mysteries of human identity. Plus: an interview with the playwright by Will Eno.
News in Brief
Plus: Entrances & Exits; Awards & Prizes
Front & Center
Production Notebook
Freedom Club by New Paradise Laboratories/The Riot Group
People
Edward Karam on John Douglas Thompson's run through the classics
Currents
Alexis Soloski on tech/theatre convergences at EMPAC
First Person
Ifa Bayeza on sister Ntozake Shange's for colored girls...
Postmark
Torange Yeghiazarian finds Tehran's theatres thriving, carefully
Strategies
Seattle's On the Boards explores the benefits of filming live performances for a small cost to consumers
20 Questions
for John Kelly