When the United States entered World War I, censorship of German art became common.

Cheney criticized this practice in the magazine's August 1917 issue, leading the society to drop its support.

In 1924, the name of the magazine changed to Theatre Arts Monthly, and its frequency of publication increased to match the new title.

She publicized emerging artists, including Martha Graham, Robert Edmond Jones, Jo Mielziner, Donald Oenslager, Eugene O'Neill, and Thornton Wilder.

By the beginning of 1948, they were prepared to close the magazine down, but instead, they sold it to another publication, Stage, which merged with it, keeping the Theatre Arts name.