Friday, April 8, 2022
When this go-to choreographer is doing his storytelling job right, you may not even notice the dancing at all---but he's got more moves in store.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:16AMThis year's 180 fellows also include 6 choreographers and two scholars of performance and dance, respectively.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:01AMThursday, April 7, 2022
Maharaj was producing artistic director at the Florida company for just six months.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:37PMThis excerpt from a new book about performance activism looks at pandies theatre, which has devised plays with and for marginalized youth in the slums of New Delhi.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:50AMWednesday, April 6, 2022
L.A. playwrights and producers can submit work until June 1.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PMAfter years of soul-searching, this summer's LMDA conference in Philly promises to engage the whole field in a fresh, inclusive dialogue about which forms sustain us (and which don't).
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:05PMFriday, April 1, 2022
The Sondheim/Wheeler classic about bloody revenge is the basis for a 10-episode musical series for the popular streamer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:08AMThursday, March 31, 2022
Far from simply preaching tolerance among Jews, Christians, and Muslims, this 18th-century comic fable insists on true inclusion and fellowship.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:32PMIn two new plays at the Huntington, the 'Luck of the Irish' playwright debuts 2 new plays drawing on her family dynamics and Boston roots, respectively.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:27PMTuesday, March 29, 2022
A new theatre piece based on a Claudia Rankine essay may be educational for white audiences, but for Black audiences it's merely relatable.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:39PMThe Dramatists Guild Legal Defense Fund's new toolkit is designed to help students and educators to both responsibly and freely produce theatre in academic settings.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:27PMToner, a 60-year veteran of regional theatre from New Jersey to L.A. to Mississippi, will continue to direct projects and raise money for the Texas theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:35AMIn this special episode, recorded live in Madison, Wisc., Brian interviews the poet/playwright who wrote 'The Mytilenean Debate' for Forward Theater.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMMonday, March 28, 2022
Amid a rise in anti-Asian hate incidents, the new fund will subsidize transportation for Asian American performers who don't feel safe riding mass transit.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:49AMMonday, March 21, 2022
The experimental theatremaker and scholar looks back at the Civil Rights era, the Free Southern Theater, and the time he directed August Wilson in Johannesburg.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:04PMFriday, March 18, 2022
She'll leave in June after 9 years in the top spot, and a dozen years with the theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:22PMFor 50 years, Su Teatro Culture and Performing Arts Center has been a Denver-area home for storytelling, learning, and community engagement.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:24PMThe award is given annually to a design graduate of the Yale School of Drama.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:37AMThursday, March 17, 2022
For this special episode in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Brian compiles messages from theatre artists in the U.S., the U.K., Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:49PMAs this dramaturg/producer plans her first season at the theatre, she's looking both outward and inward.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:06PMWednesday, March 16, 2022
Julissa Contreras, Daniela Gonzalez y Perez, Luis Roberto Herrera, and Phanésia Pharel are this year's recipients.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:34AMTuesday, March 15, 2022
Brian talks to the playwright, whose new play 'King James' is playing at Steppenwolf, about war, sports, and writing what you want.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMFriday, March 11, 2022
The last 2 years forced us to face fundamental uncertainty and loss, and that's a gift that will keep on giving.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:16AMThursday, March 10, 2022
A look at 8 shows that the pandemic cut short, what's happened to them since, and what might be next.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:38PMA political science experiment to gather diverse Americans inspired a stage version at Florida Studio Theatre, which also brought people together to reflect on their similarities and differe…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:32PMAn excerpt from a new collection of micro-plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:30PMThe Doris Duke Charitable Foundation will provide $1.6 million in support for the initiative.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:55PMWednesday, March 9, 2022
Though shy and reserved himself, he pushed his actors beyond self-consciousness to imaginative extremes and genuine discovery.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:05PMTuesday, March 8, 2022
A producer on and Off-Broadway, she founded Drama Inc., now Milwaukee Rep, in 1954.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:08PMThe 2022-23 program will assemble a cohort of early-career BIPOC leaders from Pittsburgh, the site of TCG's next conference.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:58PMThis month features some notable births, a devastating fire, and an Indiana theatre founding.
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