Friday, July 2, 2021
Fully vaccinated companies may return to pre-COVID practices, more or less, but audience interaction is still a no-go.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:49AMThursday, July 1, 2021
A versatile designer who studied at UC Berkeley and Yale, he designed everywhere from Seattle Rep and the O'Neill Theatre Center to Broadway.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:21PMBuilding bridges between young artists and theatre institutions in the Twin Cities, she also wrote smart, heartful plays and adaptations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:09PMBehind and beyond recent reckonings at the city's theatres are countless tales of exploitation, harm, and silencing---but it's not too late for change.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:26PMWednesday, June 30, 2021
Using the virtual platform Gather.Town, Lucky Plush Productions crafted a virtual city-wide arts festival that opened the door for potential future expansion.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:51PMAs passionate an advocate as she was a cutting critic of mediocrity, she wrote richly theatrical plays but is best known for deep-dive biographies.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:33PMWhile many theatres scaled back operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some young companies have invested in spaces and planted community roots.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:57AMTuesday, June 29, 2021
An awards ceremony will be scheduled for a later date to bestow each writer with a $20,000 cash prize.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:59PMThe Rochester, N.Y., company will hire an outside firm and begin a national search for Cuddy's successor.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:42PMCo-artistic director Tamilla Woodard will move into an advisory position as she takes a job at Yale University.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:28PMOn a new record, singer Eleri Ward reclaims Sondheim's melodies from his thorny harmonies, creating something new that's also true to the original.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:37AMMonday, June 28, 2021
While the report shows some progress, it also calls into question the field's funding disparities and the scarcity mindset.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:57PMFriday, June 25, 2021
Marisa Carr, Keelay Gipson, Isaac Gómez, and Stacey Rose will join the Chicago company as artistic director Ken-Matt Martin reimagines the program.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:39PMA choir founded during the AIDS crisis stages a revivifying concert amid another pandemic, as longtime leader Michael McElroy moves on.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:51PMThursday, June 24, 2021
A new Philadelphia production offers a timely, often disconcerting look at Antoinette Nwandu's play about police violence, soon headed for Broadway.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:39PMAfter a hiatus, the critics return with a look back at a tumultuous year and a look ahead to reopening on Broadway and beyond.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:52PMThe stage and screen giant, recently appointed dean of Howard University's College of Fine Arts, looks back---and ahead---on an extraordinary career.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:39AMWednesday, June 23, 2021
As students call out inequities in theatre training institutions, educators of color can find themselves with additional labor and scarce support.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:43AMA year after issuing them, theatre student and alumni organizers discuss the still unfolding results of their anti-racist calls to action for university training programs.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:43AMTuesday, June 22, 2021
This month, a talk with with a playwriting legend, whose most apocalyptic recent works are being released this week as podcasts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:56PMMonday, June 21, 2021
When Mac Rogers and I met our playwriting hero, Wallace Shawn, we were honored---and confronted anew with his devastating plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:29PMThough much talk has surrounded possible federal funding, let's imagine a world based in repertory theatre and funding from the state level.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:16PMMy time at this storied Florida retreat was both relaxing and productive---and I was ready for the bugs this time.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:51PMTuesday, June 15, 2021
Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko and Ayla Xuan Chi Sullivan will receive $5,000 to develop new work thanks to a new fellowship for Black trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) playwrights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:22PMTheatres from New York to Houston, brought together by Chicago director Chuck Smith, are joining forces to advance and advocate for their work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:09PMMonday, June 14, 2021
The company is offering a total of 48 fellowships in 20 different areas of the theatre field.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:59PMThis year's recipients are Ashembaga (Ashe) Jaafaru, Margaret Ogas, and Alys Ayumi Ogura.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:57PMAfter 16 years at the helm of the L.A. regional powerhouse, he'll step aside at the end of this calendar year.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:38PMFriday, June 11, 2021
Finalists for this year's prize were 'Circle Jerk' by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley and 'Stew' by Zora Howard.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:25PMWith $1.635 million in support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the program aims to benefit U.S.-based theatres of color.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:30PMINTAR Theatre's MicoTEATRO project celebrates a Manhattan district that may be poised to take off as a theatre destination.
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