Tuesday, June 14, 2022
The experienced director and educator will suceed Andrew Borba in running the summer theatre in southwest New York state.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:58AMAfter a year as director of the theatre's director of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA), she will move up to both oversee a wider variety of operations and to infuse IDEA value…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:42AMThe NYC-based company will next host Criminal Queerness Festival, welcoming theatremakers from nations where homosexuality is outlawed at a time when U.S. also faces renewed threats from the…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMMonday, June 13, 2022
The 2022 cohort includes 6 Pittsburgh-based BIPOC leaders in all theatre disciplines.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:11PMA recent reading of TyLie Shider's play 'Whittier,' about the aftermath of George Floyd's murder, brought together artists intent on sustaining the energy of the past 2 years of protest.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:02PMHailing from an accomplished Chicago family, she started in journalism, then went on to break barriers as an actor, playwright, and director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:36AMWhen he put 'Broadway' in a song lyric, Michael R. Jackson was unwittingly naming the destination, and the destiny, for his unapologetically Black and queer musical, which won the Best Music…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:57AMSaturday, June 11, 2022
After 25 years and more than 200 productions, Smith will step down in 2023 to make room for a new chapter at the D.C. theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:57AMFriday, June 10, 2022
Artists Nancy García Loza, Nabil Ince, Michael Manson, Aram Han Sifuentes, and Pramila Vasudevan will join with institutions to create projects fostering culturally vibrant, equitable, and …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:08PMAn excerpt from a new book about the lessons learned from staging the work of 2 major English writers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AMIn streamlining its offerings, the annual Omaha new-play gathering has gained what visiting artists see as an increase in collegiality, support, and breathing room.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:21AMThursday, June 9, 2022
The Educational Theatre Association's annual statistics also show an uptick in theatre participation among young people, as in-person performances return.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:57AMHe'll leave his post as A.D. and director of arts engagement for San Diego's Old Globe to succeed Shanta Thake as the Public's director of artistic programs/associate artistic director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:41AMWednesday, June 8, 2022
After 46 years as downtown San Diego’s resident theatre, the REP has decided to suspend operations while exploring options for a fiscally sustainable future.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:40PMWhy a new same-sex revision of the classic Off-Broadway musical, with tweaks by original lyricist/librettist Tom Jones, may work even better than the original boy-girl version.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:06AMTuesday, June 7, 2022
A new musical at the Alliance Theatre, based on the Eddie Murphy/Dan Aykroyd switcheroo comedy, has traded out a few elements.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:26PMThis year's Regional Tony Award winner, nestled on the campus of the University of Chicago, takes an approach to the classics that isn't merely academic.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:00PMThis week we talk to the playwright of 'Alma' and 'In His Hands' about intimacy, religion, poetic realism, and Mario Kart.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:48PMMonday, June 6, 2022
The longtime artistic director of Oregon Children's Theatre lived out his passion for supporting the development of others, both onstage and off.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:46AMFriday, June 3, 2022
This month features audacious performers, iconic gay activists, and the establishment of important cultural institutions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:49PMThe Public Theater founder's life and legacy, traced in a documentary on PBS, may be best understood, and built upon, as part of the U.S. regional theatre movement.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:11AMThursday, June 2, 2022
The initiative will honor the pioneering playwright's legacy with a touring statue and support for the work of multiple female/non-binary playwrights of color.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:21AMThe upstate N.Y. retreat has announced the 2022 participants for its 6 residency programs as well as the recipients of the Bryan Gallace/Posthumous Prodigy Productions Fellowship.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:05AMThe nonprofit ensemble theatre, known for commitment to community and storytelling, will end its run in July, only a year after hiring a new artistic director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:52AMWednesday, June 1, 2022
From 'In Love and Warcraft' to 'Queen,' she's one of the theatre's busiest and most versatile playwrights, though her success has come with its share of pain and disillusionment.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:22PMAli is the second annual recipient of one of the nation's largest nonprofit theatre commissions, which includes a cash prize of $35,000, a residency at the Hermitage, and a developmental wor…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:01PMThis year's event on June 20 will honor the careers of two Broadway leading men, while raising funds to support Broadway Advocacy Coalition's initiatives.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:36AMBringing together 300 artists from 8 U.S. communities, Live in America is banking on place-based performance as the radical way forward.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:01AMTuesday, May 31, 2022
With a $15 million investment from the city and $75,000 from DCLA, the center will provide a home for community-driven performing arts and immigrant history research.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:22PMAs more Deaf actors find space onstage, it's time to make room for the community behind the scenes: as writers, directors, and producers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:58PMThis month Brian talks to the prolific and decorated playwright about her early struggles and triumphs, and that time she got stuck in the Lincoln Center bathroom.
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