Athol Fugard’s plays show the ways apartheid shaped the lives of South Africans, while they also reveal universal truths.

By Mark Harris Photographs by Jennifer Livingston IT’S ALWAYS BEEN a good argument starter to contend that all theater is political, even if the claim sometimes depends on stretching the definit ...

And in 2025, Harris writes, “the idea that all theater is political is less a rhetorical exercise than an irrefutable reality.” The proof is in the current season of both dramas and musicals ...

Launched by three San Diego Black women, OnWord Theatre will offer a wide range of work in the style of Chicago’s Steppenwolf ...

In ancient Greece, theater served as political discourse—and in fact, attending theatrical performances was considered a civic duty. Sophocles’ “Antigone” was a rallying cry against state ...

Rather than honoring these people who have made the ultimate sacrifice, I think President Trump has used their legacy as political theater which is insulting and mean-spirited.

Keir Starmer's peacekeeping proposals in Ukraine have been dismissed as 'political theatre' by senior military insiders. The Prime Minister laid out plans for a 'coalition of the willing' earlier ...

is a more overtly political work, with a storyline that turns ... now in a U.S. premiere run at Shakespeare Theatre Company — is by John Kani, a South African legend (and “Black Panther ...