"He (Christopher Ward) spent nearly a year reading texts and perusing letters and came away with the idea that Cassatt, who was accomplished in her own right, would have been annoyed by Degas’s fiddling. ‘He was a terror,’ the playwright said. ‘I got this subtext, ‘Can you believe he has painted on my painting?’’ Read the full article.

Playwright Chris Ward joins WNYC to discuss his new play, "The Independents," about the relationship between artists Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt. Listen to the interview here.

Theater Critic Michael Bourne split his time on Broadway and OFF-Broadway. Listen at 1:27 to hear what he said about The Independents.