American playwrights are embracing the nation’s complexity. Will audiences answer the call?

Democracy is in crisis. But writers such as Young Jean Lee, Tarell Alvin McCraney and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, are stepping up ...

Review: Backyard’s ‘Little Voice’ dramedy an acting showcase

That’s the case again this month with “The Rise & Fall of Little Voice,” a 1992 dramedy by English playwright Jim Cartwright ...