Tuesday, September 5, 2023
This passionate director, once a performer in 'Aida,' returns at the helm of a revised production, as well as of 'The Wiz,' bound for Broadway and a new generation.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:18PM3 theatre companies have energized South Asian, Chinese, and Latin American audiences by staging plays in their first languages.
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Jones will succeed Martin Miller in the position.
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Can theatre artists use the tools of Big Tech to dismantle its influence?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:19PMAs it closes in on 50 years in Chicago, the theatre Taylor built is preparing for its next chapter in a legacy of producing, mentoring, and paying it forward.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:29PMTuesday, August 29, 2023
Three of the four plays will have staged readings at Southern Oregon University in October.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:08PM10 community arts organizations will receive $100,000 in unrestricted funding.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:51PMMonday, August 28, 2023
This month, we check in with companies who are making impacts within their communities and artists receiving well-deserved attention.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PMA remembrance by his frequent collaborator and longtime friend.
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Shipley succeeds former executive director LaNeshe Miller-White.
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Producing a new play about the full-scale invasion written by a Ukranian playwright, Russian-born director Yury Urnov feels disheartened by the actions of his home country and hopeful for Uk…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:09PMLucero succeeds founding artistic director Peter Rothstein, who left the company in June after 25 years.
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This month Brian joins playwright Nancy Garcia Loza at Chicago's Understudy book shop to talk about writing, family, and holding on to memories.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:44PMCheyenne Wyzzard-Jones, Victoria L. Awkward, and Annalise Guidry will participate in the 22-month residency that aims to support queer and trans artists of color.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:46PMThis year's convening will feature a partnership with Swarthmore College and a keynote address from Nataki Garrett.
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The newly-appointed artistic director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley makes the case for keeping communities close through storytelling onstage.
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Whiteway has served the Richmond theatre community for 48 years.
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Stanford will depart the organization after more than 30 years of service to young audiences in the DMV area and beyond.
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The upcoming season was the first planned by artistic director Jeanette Harrison, who was appointed in 2022.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:43PMTwo new books consider the possibilities and limits of documentary theatre in a polarized nation.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:03PMTwo books come not to bury the Bard but to bring his writing down to the common ground we share.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:58PMPriscilla Gilman’s memoir portrays her father, Richard Gilman, as a passionate, difficult figure who bequeathed her life lessons, many unwittingly.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:57PMPatti Hartigan’s excellent new biography gives us a rich portrait of the playwright’s life and art, and a measure of his significance.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:49PMA reporter and critic who knew Wilson nearly from the start of his playwriting peak, she wrote the biography she wanted to see.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:11PMIn serving constellations of disability, this growing program within Chicago Children's Theatre builds confidence, celebrates joy, and fills a gap in support networks.
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On this episode we talk to playwright Mike Lew and director Moritz von Stuelpnagel about taking 'tiny father' from audio to audience and catch up with critic J. Wynn Rousuck about the Contem…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:35PMA 19-year veteran of the FAC's Theatre Company, Sheley succeeds Pirronne Yousefzadeh in the role.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:23PMNow in its third year, the theatre's youth program offers young artists a chance to create art at the intersection of performance and social change.
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Sheridan, a former World Irish Dance Championships finalist, assumes her role this week.
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SB12, which would go into effect Sept. 1, would ban drag and similar performances.
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With artistic director A.J. Allegra's departure, Leslie Claverie and Pamela D. Roberts have been named associate artistic directors and Monica R. Harris interim managing director.
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