Friday, June 7, 2024
Reflections on what's bringing joy, and a look at where we'll meet the next challenge.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:14PM[SHARE]A lively and perceptive watcher and thinker, she helped generations of artists and critics view theatre as a kind of space and time travel.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:17AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 6, 2024
The new initiative will give unrestricted funds to 5 trans women of color in the performing arts and theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:30PM[SHARE]Attendance and funding may be down at many U.S. theatres, but the variety of creative responses to crisis and precarity is ever increasing.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:44AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 5, 2024
He'll fill the role recently left by Erica Ezold while the Pennsylvania company seeks a successor.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:57PM[SHARE]The barn doors at SPACE will close after more than a decade supporting creators and cultivators, while the board considers what comes next.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:31PM[SHARE]A far-ranging conversation about their common approach to text as a springboard, why they're past theory, and how they introduced Jessica Lange to Viewpoints.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:58AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 4, 2024
A new report details the efforts of 20-plus artists, administrators, and organizations to join forces and give microgrants to colleagues impacted by the pandemic and its effects.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:50AM[SHARE]Theatres are taking a hard look at a well-worn patron model, and coming to different conclusions about its usefulness.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 3, 2024
Colleagues and friends of the actor-playwright recall his legacy as a dramatist, poet, producer, mentor, truth teller, and friend.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:17PM[SHARE]Theatre is all about human behavior. Is it time to let audiences be fully human too?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:17PM[SHARE]The small Seattle theatre reports that it needs to raise 62.5 percent more in contributed income than in pre-pandemic times to sustain operations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:38PM[SHARE]Friday, May 31, 2024
This month Brian speaks with the busy playwright about dramatizing Idaho, promoting the film of 'The Whale,' and working on a new play at Steppenwolf.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:31PM[SHARE]Staging the complete 'KÄmau Trilogy' in repertory for the first time in 30 years, Kumu Kahua Theatre aims both to honor the losses of the past and break the cycle of intergenerational tra…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:43AM[SHARE]When La Liga Teatro Elástico came to Chicago, they built a puppet parade to dramatize our ecological interdependence.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:04AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 30, 2024
As the Chicago playwright's newest work hits the Raven Theatre stage, Allen revisits the gestation and meaning of his South Side-set Grand Boulevard Trilogy.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 29, 2024
A longtime performer and teaching artist with the company, she will serve alongside managing director Anh Thu T. Pham while a successor for Lily Tung Crystal is sought.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:38PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 28, 2024
A new movie centers Chicago theatre and theatremakers, plus news from the region and thoughts from artists Dolores DÃaz and Alice da Cunha.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:30PM[SHARE]Her new play at McCarter Theatre explores the topic of abortion, minus polemics, plus humor and a touch of mysticism.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:26PM[SHARE]Friday, May 24, 2024
The company's current managing director will merge that role with that of artistic director, which Kelly Kerwin will leave in June.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:23PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Woodzick talks to the performer and composer about his queer superhero musical 'Lizard Boy,' rooting for underdogs, and blending artistic genres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:13PM[SHARE]The director 'Days of Wine and Roses' and 'Hell's Kitchen' and co-director of 'The Notebook' talks about his busy Broadway season and his specialty in shows about mental health.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:45AM[SHARE]Playwright and screenwriter Marcus Gardley may not have known it at the time, but he had been preparing to adapt Alice Walker's iconic tale for decades.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:45AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 21, 2024
A Red Orchid ensemble members Michael Shannon and Travis A. Knight star in Levi Holloway's eerie new play.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:46AM[SHARE]Monday, May 20, 2024
At Milwaukee Rep and around the world, this passionate director put his focus on others---writers, actors, audiences---and we all benefited.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:50PM[SHARE]The former Timber Lake Playhouse artistic director succeeds Matthew Scott Campbell in the position, who left to join Barter Theatre in December.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:19PM[SHARE]Friday, May 17, 2024
Why can't Americans talk to each other anymore? Theatre artists may have precisely the right skills to kickstart discourse and rekindle empathy.
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