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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Perfect Prop Pie by American Theatre Editors

What theatres are cooking up for 'Waitress,' the Sara Bareilles/Jessie Nelson musical that's popping up at several theatres in the coming season.

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Bringing New Harmony to Indy’s Inaugural PlayFest by American Theatre Editors

The New Harmony Project's new-play festival seeks to stamp Indianapolis's place on the new-work development map.

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Lear deBessonet Named Next Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater by American Theatre Editors

To succeed longtime leader André Bishop, she will work alongside Bartlett Sher, who now assumes the title of executive producer.

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Monday, September 9, 2024

This Month in Theatre History by American Theatre Editors

September is full of actors making their mark, from the downfall of a 19th-century working-class icon to one actor’s celebrated recreation of a Jazz Age star.

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Friday, September 6, 2024

How To Tell If You’re a Theatre Kid by American Theatre Editors

In this excerpt from a new memoir about his years toiling Off-Off-Broadway, the author reflects on what it means to be young and bitten by the acting bug. 

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Bruce E.H. Johnson: A Persistent, Eloquent 1st Amendment Defender by American Theatre Editors

The Seattle-based lawyer, who served on local and national theatre boards for decades, also fought pro bono for embattled theatres and artists.

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The Subtext: Marin Ireland, Play Builder by American Theatre Editors

This month Brian talks to the acclaimed actor about the ups and downs of her career, why and how she wrote her first play, and whether she feels she can claim the title 'playwright.'

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TFANA Founder Jeffrey Horowitz to Retire in 2025 by American Theatre Editors

After overseeing another season of classical and contemporary work, he'll step down from leading the NYC-based classical theatre he founded in 1979.

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Baltimore Theatres Go All In on August Wilson by American Theatre Editors

Over the next 3 years at 10 Charm City venues, the playwright’s entire American Century Cycle will unfold in chronological order.

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Destination: Children’s Theatre Company by American Theatre Editors

New CTC leaders Rick Dildine and Jill Anderson discuss creating lasting memories for young people of all ages, from Minneapolis and beyond.

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Brendon Fox Named Peterborough Players Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

Starting in September, Fox will take over for interim producing artistic director Charles Morey.

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Monday, August 26, 2024

From the Ground Up: Building Empowered Communities by American Theatre Editors

As the League of Chicago Theatres celebrates its 45th anniversary, it seeks to foster community connections that go beyond membership.

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Friday, August 23, 2024

Picturing Theatre: Looking Through Iconic Photographs by American Theatre Editors

Two exhibits on view at the New York Public Library invite visitors to look both at and through stunning theatre photographs from Joan Marcus, Carol Rosegg, and Friedman-Abeles.

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Thursday, August 22, 2024

New Work Through New Eyes by American Theatre Editors

Cassie Beck and Kent Nicholson reflect on their weekend at the South Carolina New Play Festival, an inspiring first for one and a delightful return for the other.

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

When the Arts Become a Partisan Issue, We All Lose by American Theatre Editors

Gov. Ron DeSantis’s veto of all arts and cultural funding in Florida is a crushing blow—and an opportunity to organize.

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AT Education Monthly: Summer Camp, Youth Empowerment, and STEAM by American Theatre Editors

Checking out "OtherWorlds" on Governors Island, and industry folks offer insight on essential non-arts courses for theatremakers.

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Monday, August 19, 2024

What Streams May Come by American Theatre Editors

How the League of Live Stream Theater is trying to become more theatres' second-best seat in the house.

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Friday, August 16, 2024

Beyond the Now by American Theatre Editors

Wishes and hopes for a collective future.

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Featured Contributors, Summer 2024 by American Theatre Editors

Clocking the urgency of change, feeling the heat at summer theatres.

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Days of Future Passed by American Theatre Editors

With this issue we look forward, glance back---and direct our concerns and hopes to the world outside the theatre doors.

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Thursday, August 15, 2024

Theatrical Mustang: August Forman’s Romeo Is Trans by American Theatre Editors

This month Woodzick talks to the Chicago actor about their wide-ranging résumé, roles they'd still like to play, and a death-grip-defying audition.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Stormy Weather: The New York-Bound Path of ‘Hurricane Season’ by American Theatre Editors

A hurricane is headed toward New York City courtesy of a revenge tour (of a sort) from Atlanta's Vernal & Sere Theatre.

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Monday, August 12, 2024

6 Theatre Workers You Should Know by American Theatre Editors

This Twin Cities-focused edition includes both homegrown theatremakers and artists who have put down Midwestern roots.

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Offscript: Political Theatre With Mario Correa & Matthew Freeman by American Theatre Editors

This month we talk to the writers of 'N/A' and 'The Ask,' 2 new plays about intergenerational conflict and common ground among liberals and progressives.

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Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Yale Drama Series Prize, Joyce Awards, and More by American Theatre Editors

BUFFALO, N.Y.: The Alleyway Theatre has named Karissa Murrell Myers the recipient of the 2024 Mazumdar New Play Award. Myers’s award-winning play Black Bear Island will be produced by the …

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What Kept SCR’s Paula Tomei Coming Back for 4 Decades by American Theatre Editors

As she prepares to leave her job as South Coast Rep's first managing director, she reflects on the path here and the road ahead.

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Monday, August 5, 2024

This Month in Theatre History by American Theatre Editors

August has been a month of strikes, disagreement, recovery, the coming and going of influential festivals, and a belated Broadway triumph.

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Angela Lee Gieras Named Exec Director of Shakespeare Theatre Co. by American Theatre Editors

A seasoned expert in nonprofit management, she'll leave the same post at Kansas City Rep to co-lead the D.C. theatre alongside artistic director Simon Godwin.

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Friday, August 2, 2024

Quintessence Theatre Group Purchases Historic Sedgwick Theater by American Theatre Editors

The company hopes to finish renovations of the Art Deco venue by 2028, exactly 100 years after its first opening.

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Under the Radar Announces 2025 Festival, Adds 2 Leaders by American Theatre Editors

New York's premier international and experimental festival sticks with the city-wide multi-venue approach as Meropi Peponides and Kaneza Schaal join the leadership team.

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Chicago’s Physical Theater Festival: Moving in Many Senses by American Theatre Editors

This essential gathering, now in its 11th year, doesn’t just regularly break the fourth wall; it also breaks down theatrical and global barriers.

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All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre