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Monday, February 7, 2022

Black Theatre Coalition Announces Cohort of Broadway Fellows by American Theatre Editors

8 young theatre workers will be paid $50,000 for a year of learning by doing in various capacities on Broadway shows.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:34PM[SHARE]
Friday, February 4, 2022

George C. White to Be Honored With Monte Cristo Award by American Theatre Editors

For its first in-person Monte Cristo gala in 2 years, the O'Neill Theater Center will pay tribute to its founder.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:58PM[SHARE]

The Telsey Office Announces Miranda Casting Fellows by American Theatre Editors

The fellows include Domonique Aviles, Steven Gutierrez, and Miles Kight.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:15PM[SHARE]
Thursday, February 3, 2022

Jon Rua Honored With SDCF Breakout Award by American Theatre Editors

The award recognized the stage and screen choreographer for his 'rising star' moment.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:12PM[SHARE]

César Alvarez, Isabella Dawis to Receive 2022 Kleban Prizes by American Theatre Editors

The award for most promising lyricist and librettist in the American musical theatre includes a purse of $100,000, paid out over two years.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:03PM[SHARE]

ZACH Theatre Managing Director Elisbeth Challener to Retire by American Theatre Editors

Her 15 years in the role spanned the building of a new space and a $25-million campaign.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:24AM[SHARE]

The Given Circumstances of 'The Method' by American Theatre Editors

In tracing the development of the predominant acting approach of the 20th century, Isaac Butler makes the case for its far-reaching influence.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM[SHARE]

The Lab Where the Method Was Born by American Theatre Editors

A look at the American Laboratory Theatre, where Richard Boleslavsky and Maira Ouspenskaya introduced young American actors to their version of Stanislavski's system.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:58AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Get Past the Lobby: Theatres Rethink How We Gather by American Theatre Editors

From Arkansas to Harlem, theatres are using lobbies, rooftops, exhibition spaces, and more to expand the ways they can gather and engage their communities.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:49AM[SHARE]

Stephen Burdman Wins Sidney Berger Award by American Theatre Editors

The award, given annually by the Shakespeare Theatre Association, goes to the founder and artistic director of NY Classical Theatre.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:57AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Justin Townsend to Chair NYU Tisch Design Department by American Theatre Editors

The Tony-winning lighting and set designer will succeed Susan Hilferty in the role.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:19PM[SHARE]

Jennifer Pillaga, Elaine Insinnia Win Boucher Playwriting Awards by American Theatre Editors

The award from Premiere Stages at Kean University goes to a current student and an alumna.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:46PM[SHARE]

Playwrights Realm Launches Native American Artist Lab by American Theatre Editors

The program will support two new projects from tribally affiliated artists.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:25AM[SHARE]
Monday, January 31, 2022

Blackburn Prize Announces 2022 Finalists by American Theatre Editors

The 10 finalists include writers from the U.S., Ireland, Australia, and the U.K.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:46PM[SHARE]

Offscript: Debra Ann Byrd's Bard by American Theatre Editors

The editors speak to the new artistic director of Southwest Shakespeare in Arizona about claiming the classics for all people everywhere.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:03PM[SHARE]

Augie Mericola, 1953-2022 by American Theatre Editors

He was a stage manager whose career ranged from the Midwest to Broadway to Salt Lake City.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:11AM[SHARE]

What Can Be Said With and About Broadway Dance by American Theatre Editors

Reading is no substitute for dancing, but 2 new books---one about Tommy Tune, the other about canonical Broadway dances---have plenty to offer.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:10AM[SHARE]

Arts Streaming Platform Broadstream Launches by American Theatre Editors

The streaming service, which will be free to audiences, will share ad sales revenue with featured artists.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:06AM[SHARE]

Richard Christiansen: A Critic Who Made a Difference by American Theatre Editors

As the Chicago Tribune's lead theatre critic from 1978 to 2002, he helped build the city's unique theatre scene, both by covering it and by getting to know its major players.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:04AM[SHARE]
Friday, January 28, 2022

Kaddish for Steve: On the Jewishness of Sondheim by American Theatre Editors

Sondheim's work is elusive, ambivalent, internally conflicted, and deeply concerned with how stories are told. What could be more Jewish?

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:11AM[SHARE]
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Melissa Crespo's 'Aha' Moments by American Theatre Editors

The busy stage director, now represented by 'Yoga Play,' is eager to garner both weighty conversations and big laughs.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:37PM[SHARE]

NY Theatre Workshop Announces New Resident Companies by American Theatre Editors

Safe Harbors NYC, Dominican Artists Collective, and JAG Productions will join resident company Noor Theatre.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:16PM[SHARE]

New-Play Program 'A Different Myth' Seeks Black Writers by American Theatre Editors

The new program from Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective and the American Myth Center will commission plays about Black life.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:54AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

United States Artists Names 2022 USA Fellows by American Theatre Editors

DeLanna Studi, Machine Dazzle, Marga Gomez, Nataki Garrett, and Lars America Jan make up the theatre and performance fellows.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:01AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Southwest Shakespeare Names Debra Ann Byrd Its New Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

The Harlem native, a classically trained actor and producer, will take the reins of the Arizona theatre company.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:44PM[SHARE]

Theater J Launches Canon-Expanding New-Play Program by American Theatre Editors

The program will commission 7 Jewish playwrights of color in an effort to 'correct and broaden' conceptions of Jewishness onstage.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:08AM[SHARE]

Deneen Reynolds-Knott Wins College Collaboration Commission by American Theatre Editors

Reynolds-Knott will develop a new play with Oklahoma City University, Centre College in Kentucky, and Furman University in South Carolina.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:03AM[SHARE]

The Subtext: Daniel Alexander Jones's Library by American Theatre Editors

This month Brian talks to the creator of Jomama Jones about the books and music that saved him as a child, and how they led to the books and music he's making now.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:48AM[SHARE]
Monday, January 24, 2022

Panel to Look 'Inside the Kilroys List' by American Theatre Editors

Dipika Guha, Hilary Bettis, Joy Meads, and Melissa Crespo will talk about the gender-parity collective with moderator Kelundra Smith.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:34PM[SHARE]

Page 73 Names Marvin González De León 2022 Playwriting Fellow by American Theatre Editors

2021 fellow Bleu Beckford-Burrell will also continue her fellowship into a second year.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:26PM[SHARE]

Why ACT Dropped the MFA by American Theatre Editors

The legendary training program will continue its conservatory and other training programs, but its 3-year theatre degree has become a COVID casualty.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:46PM[SHARE]

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