If the audience laughs, it's a comedy. If they nod with new understanding, it's a drama. If they laugh and nod but can't say why it's funny or what they've understood, it might be A Play Is A Poem, ...
From third grade through sixth grade, I walked to school pretty much every day. There were a few different routes I could take, but all of them started the same way — out the front door, down the ...
"'Poem to Play' operates within what might be described as flash: not necessarily insight, but a moment of unexpected alternative, or alternation-a suddenly-something-else across your vision or ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. I had the opportune chance to ask one of Ethan Coen's always-working players Peter ...
Ethan Coen premieres 'A Poem Is a Play' at the Mark Taper Forum, a quintet of one-acts directed by longtime stage collaborator Neil Pepe and deploying the writer's characteristic wit and offbeat ...
If you don’t like poetry, maybe you’ve been reading it wrong. So says Don Bialostosky. In his new book, the University of Pittsburgh literature professor contends that the reason more people don’t ...
Ethan Coen’s “A Play Is a Poem” is having its world premiere at Los Angeles’ Mark Taper Forum this month. The five one-acts that make up the work represent distinct genres and time periods, and they ...
Adi Robertson is a senior tech and policy editor focused on VR, online platforms, and free expression. Adi has covered video games, biohacking, and more for The Verge since 2011. What makes a poem, ...
NPR wants to read how sports has touched your life — in poetry form. Maybe a home run is like getting your dream job – or asking your sweetheart for a first date felt like a Hail Mary pass. Maybe you ...