Tuesday, November 30, 2021
His path-breaking musicals have handily outlasted their detractors, in part because they remain so singularly alive.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:43PMTuesday, November 23, 2021
This month Brian talks to the author of 'Doubt' and 'Moonstruck' about the struggles of his early years and the hard-won wisdom of his later ones.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:50AMMonday, November 22, 2021
The stars of 'Dana H' and 'Is This a Room' talk about their approach to 2 very different but similarly challenging real-life characters.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:17PMA new study from SMU DataArts found the metrics of success for smaller, community-oriented theatres to be both similar and different from their larger peers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:10AMHow 2 arts organizations of color, Apollo Theater and Cultural Odyssey, have persevered despite funding disparities and other challenges.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:08AMTCG’s THRIVE! regranting program, led by the needs and concerns of BIPOC artists and leaders, aims to rewrite the theatre funding process.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:06AMJenny Koons and Sam Pinkleton's immersive new staging returns the fanciful show to its original conception.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:29AMAs theatres seek new leaders, some are also trying out different leadership models.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:15AMWednesday, November 17, 2021
Dana Schwartz's new play about online gamers, originally conceived pre-pandemic, has fresh resonance after a year of isolation and virtual connection.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:18AMTuesday, November 16, 2021
This year's festival, with a surfeit of plays by Jeton Neziraj, reflected the deep skepticism of a young country born of European conflict.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:21PMThe award, which includes an unrestricted $5,000, will be presented at a virtual ceremony on Jan. 24.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:42PMAs theatres begin to emerge from pandemic restrictions, many are recommitting to programs designed to engage their youngest stakeholders.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:32AMThe case for more inclusive and practical speech training is an important part of the larger struggle against elitism, classism, and white supremacy in the theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:30AMIn their new book, Nicole Hodges Persley and Monica White Ndounou offer a practical guide through the audition process for actors of the global majority.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:28AMThe Neighborhood Playhouse's Pamela Kareman and Stella Adler Studio's Tom Oppenheim talk about the legacies of their founders and the future of acting training.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:26AMWhat do costumes look like, and mean, without a story? With the pandemic limiting access to actors, six Northwestern MFA costume candidates were asked by professors Ana Kuzmanic and Linda Ro…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:24AMThe work of writers like Jackie Sibblies Drury, Annie Baker, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is riveting in the theatre, but the rewards of close reading shouldn't be ignored.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:22AMThis installment features theatre artists from around the country whose focus is on educating the next generation of theatremakers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:20AMWednesday, November 10, 2021
Playhouse Creatures' reading of this groundbreaking docu-theatre play will be available to stream through Nov. 12.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:56AMTuesday, November 9, 2021
The proliferation of plays by Black creators on the Great White Way is cause for celebration, even as it raises some familiar questions about risk and representation.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:24PMAs La Jolla Playhouse's new executive producer, Keen-Louie aims to keep pushing the field forward, not just for his current collaborators but for the next generation.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:53PMMonday, November 8, 2021
Most theatres found that COVID-era digital offerings have lost money, a new survey shows, though some continue to value the access and experimentation.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:12AMFriday, November 5, 2021
From America's first Black celebrity to Alice Childress's Broadway turn in 'Anna Lucasta,' from Susan Glaspell opening 'The Verge' to raves for Canada Lee.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:43PMHow we can make the most of the possibilities of liveness, technology, and human innovation.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:56AMThursday, November 4, 2021
For the Broadway League's first director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, action is going to be as important as words.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:30PMWednesday, November 3, 2021
As Anna Deavere Smith's theatrical document of the 1992 L.A. uprising returns in a new form, it may feel so in touch with our moment because it helped to define it.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:09PMMonday, November 1, 2021
The embattled artistic director will be replaced by interim leader Jenny Gersten.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:27PMWe won't achieve equity for marginalized voices by pitting themselves against each other, as Theresa Rebeck's recent column seemed to suggest.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:29AMThursday, October 28, 2021
Staged within a D.C. neighborhood block party, Pan Underground's production of Caridad Svich's play is designed connect local community members.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:24PMLast month Madison Mae Williams, a dramaturg with a focus on new plays, did the field proud in a national TV appearance.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:11PMWednesday, October 27, 2021
Phantoms playing hide-and-seek, lighting with a mind of its own, floating shadows, and more fill our annual assortment of tales about haunted theatres.
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