SPECIAL SECTION: On Taking Work Abroad

A look at the challenges and rewards of taking the show on the road.

The Americans Are Coming

Yankee groups of different sizes and aesthetics find more than one way to reach international destinations

By Eliza Bent

Great Exportations

What can we learn from the successful efforts of other nations to promote their theatre overseas?

By John Barry

Up, Up, and Away? Not So Fast!

Money is one factor keeping artists stuck on their home turf, funders and foundation reps agree. But it's by no means the only one.

By Celia Wren

Features:

The Trials and Triumphs of Austin Pendleton
A pair of lustrous Chekhovs has put a new spotlight on a 71-year-old artist-who-does-it-all

Departments:

Editor's Note

From the Executive Director
Interconnectedness Is the Word

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

Front & Center

Production Notebook
Arms and the Man at Minneapolis's Guthrie Theater

Conversations
Tales of the City's Armistead Maupin and Jeff Whitty

People
Michael Cristofer, by Stuart Miller

Currents
Jonathan Mandell on broadcasting theatre performances

Eliza Bent interviews Great Plains conference-goers

Critic's Notebook
Juliet Wittman reports from the Colorado New Play Summit

Books
Richard Stein rounds up books on running theatre companies

Strategies
Firing Up the Dialogue: Theatres can benefit by partnering with social-service organizations on relevant shows—as long as expectations are clear

By Eric Grode

May/June On Stage

20 Questions
for Robert O'Hara