theatre festival

The heirs of deceased playwrights can be finicky about new productions—Samuel Beckett, Arthur Miller—but Jonathan Bank, the head of the Mint Theater, has a different experience. “What I tend to run into from estates is, Really? You’re interested in that old play? Great!” How to revive neglected plays. Music: Sean Hagerty.

Playwright Will Power’s grandfather faced a tough decision, “He went to seek the advice of Paul Robeson.” Power also tells us about the Upper Room and Mountain Valley Spring Water. Presented with the Classical Theatre of Harlem.

We’ll speak with theatre director Ivo van Hove. van Hove has directed “A View from the Bridge,” “West Side Story” on Broadway, and “Lazarus,” David Bowie’s final project.

Director Gregory Mosher shares stories from a life spent shaping American theater — from revitalizing Chicago’s Goodman Theater to launching Theater at Lincoln Center. His happiest place? A rehearsal room, where he’s worked with legends like Mamet, Beckett, and Tennessee Williams. Along the way, we meet Adam Michnik, glimpse a haunting portrait by Williams, and recall NBC’s old Standards and Practices guy. Presented with Hunter College, with music by Elijah Caldwell, Ally Ann Long, Stephan Shteinberg, and Sumayya Ahmed.

Producing artistic director Ty Jones of the Classical Theatre of Harlem, focusses on work from Sophocles to Shakespeare — the big S playwrights — as a way to explore fundamental ideas. “These are living arguments, these classic plays.” Jones tells us about Nat Turner and his journals.

Music, comedy and great drama are on the schedule for the newly announced Summer season at the Berkshire Theatre Group's Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield…