Director Joseph Haj had a designated chair during “Sunday in the Park with George” rehearsals, but he didn’t sit in it much. During a recent hour spent rehearsing the show’s first-act finale at the ...

After multiple New York runs, “Slave Play” is making its West Coast debut at the Mark Taper Forum, where it is, for the first time, presented on a thrust stage — that is, one that is surrounded by ...

The proscenium stage: The proscenium stage is distinguished by a frame or arch that separates the stage from the rest of the auditorium. It is typically fairly deep and often includes a part known as ...

When a group of visionaries joined forces 50 years ago to build a venue with a radical thrust stage, they were met with fierce opposition. As a new book by the Crucible’s late founding director Colin ...

On Aug. 31, the Student Activities Office proposed changes to the Alumnae Hall performance stage after announcing in an email to student performance groups that due to sustained damage of some of the ...

Tanya Moiseiwitsch, a stage designer who influenced the shape of modern theater stages based on the “thrust”-style stage from Shakespeare’s era, has died. She was 88. Moiseiwitsch died Tuesday in ...

It’s been 60 years since Laurence Olivier launched the first season of Chichester Festival Theatre, with its innovative thrust stage. Nick Smurthwaite tells the story of acting heroes, last-minute ...