Friday, December 8, 2023
A roundup of prizes, residencies, and other recognitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:01PMAfter years of community work and some COVID setbacks, Cornerstone Theater assembles a cast, a set, and a tour for Larissa FastHorse's 'Wicoun.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:33AMWednesday, December 6, 2023
How theatres in the historic NYC neighborhood are stepping up their game with artists and audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:46PMThe director and novelist replaces Mark Cuddy, who has navigated the theatre through controversies.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:52PMThe first production to use electric lighting, a tragic theatre fire, a Broadway landmark, an Asian American icon, and a James Baldwin musical adaptation.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:00PMMonday, December 4, 2023
Presented in collaboration with the Alliance Theatre, this year's convening will focus on the theme of possibility.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:28PMFriday, December 1, 2023
A roundup of prizes, residencies, and other recognitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:11PMThe New Zealand-based Indian Ink Theatre Company brings immersive festivities to a number of U.S. theatres starting this month.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:53AMAt the Generation After Festival in September, Polish theatres gave a fresh demonstration of the vitality, relevancy, and pliability of the live arts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:44AMWednesday, November 29, 2023
For MENA-identifying theatres in the U.S., the current Israel-Hamas war makes the work of lifting Palestinian and Arab voices all the more urgent.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:07PMHow a cohort of artistic directors of color, recently hired at major U.S. theatres, have confronted unforeseen upheavals.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:34AMTuesday, November 28, 2023
How an American director became a translator, as well as a sort of U.S. ambassador, for the Norwegian writer who is this year's Nobel Prize winner.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:43PMHow 4 theatres develop work by writers of color with communities of color at the center.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:05PMSteward, a former co-chair of the board's diversity, equity, and inclusion committee, succeeds Nikkole Salter.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:52PMThe Studio Gang-designed campus for the open-air, slated to break ground in 2024, will meet LEED Platinum standards.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:00PMMonday, November 27, 2023
As we enter the holiday season, we celebrate taking risks on potentially life-changing works.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PMWednesday, November 22, 2023
We don't just get aesthetic or intellectual benefits from the expressive and performing arts---they can also be literally healing.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:18PMA roundup of awards, residencies, and other recognitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:40PMThis L.A.-focused roundup includes a writer-director, a patron services manager, a scenic painter, an actor who's also a marketing director, and more.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:41PMEnde Lichtenberg succeeds Chris Jennings, who left last summer for Manhattan Theatre Club.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:23AMIn his latest play, published in full in our Fall print edition, the writer/performer probes implicit ableism and the assumptions we make about people we’ll never really know.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:53AMWith a wealth of experience in arts administration and branding, Durantt joins her neighborhood theatre ready to help its next stage of growth.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:20AMTuesday, November 21, 2023
How 6 THRIVE! recipient theatres have embraced new mediums and built new audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:13PMMonday, November 20, 2023
This month Woodzick talks to the Bay Area playwright about political disillusionment, the liberation of basic income, and the sacred space of theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:38PMFriday, November 17, 2023
The writer of 'Stereophonic' talks about his obsessions with detail and destruction, and North Carolina correspondent Lauren Van Hemert fills us in on the Research Triangle theatre scene.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:38PMAfter serving as Woolly Mammoth Theatre's interim managing director, DeLong now joins a leadership team that includes Mica Cole and PJ Powers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:54PMThis month Brian talks to a writer inspired by the music his parents made when he was young, as well as by the diverse biographies and interests of the playwrights he admires.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:35AMThursday, November 16, 2023
The N.Y.-based reporter and critic is the second recipient of the award, which isgiven by the American Theatre Critics Association.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:36AMThe honor, given annually to an alumnus of the foundation's fellows program, comes with $10,000 support.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:17AMWednesday, November 15, 2023
The 40-year-old Brooklyn company has spent the year exploring and interweaving major plays of the 20th century, from Glaspell to Williams to Hansberry. Their current show is 'American Blues.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:52PMThe late director was fluent in matters spiritual, emotional, and textual.
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