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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

David Ellenstein and Bill Kerlin to Lead Laguna Playhouse by American Theatre Editors

Ellenstein and Kerlin will also maintain their roles at North Coast Repertory Theatre.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:34PM

Broadway League Names 2023 Award Recipients by American Theatre Editors

The League Awards recognize exemplary service to the touring Broadway industry.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:29PM

Kwame Kwei-Armah Named MTC Artistic Advisor by American Theatre Editors

He will remain in his role as artistic director of the Young Vic in London while advising on MTC's programming and future planning.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:10PM

Peninsula Players Names 2023 Scholarship Recipient by American Theatre Editors

Graduating senior Hunter Malvitz, who will receive a $500 scholarship, plans to attend UW-Eau Claire this fall to pursue a BMEd in music education with a choral emphasis.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:36PM
Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Theatrical Mustang: Amber Scales on Activism and Acting by American Theatre Editors

This month Woodzick talks to the Southern storyteller and social impact strategist about the clear parallels between making theatre and making a difference.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:22PM

Jerry Zaks to Lead 10 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows at Ten Chimneys by American Theatre Editors

The Tony-winning director will lead a week-long intensive for veteran actors Demetria Joyce Bailey, Anthony Fusco, Blake Hackler, Elizabeth Heflin, Bob Hess, Michael Manuel, Sandra Marquez, …

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:51AM

Will Davis at Rattlestick: An Artistic Homecoming by American Theatre Editors

What would take a busy freelance director off the road? The chance to gather and serve communities---especially those who've been under-served.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:01AM
Monday, May 22, 2023

‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Gives Grants to Fund High School Musicals by American Theatre Editors

The first round of Great Adventure Grants for student theatre productions have gone to Denzel Washington School of the Arts, High Tech High School, and Pan American International High School.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:49PM

The Tank Announces PrideFest Programming by American Theatre Editors

The lineup includes new work by Emily Aviles, Ella Baldwin, Júlia Cerqueira, Scout Davis, Leo Diaz, Emily Drossell, Stephen Dym, Stephen Hill, Aliyah Hunter, Kenneth Keng, Adin Lenahan, Dau…

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:37PM

Pattern Recognition, Reconstructed: The Unlikely Return of Fornés’s ‘Evelyn Brown’ by American Theatre Editors

A new revival at La MaMa of the playwright's opaque verbatim play from 1980 gives a fresh window into her unique formal and thematic ambitions.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:17PM
Friday, May 19, 2023

Rachel Fink Named Managing Director at Cleveland Play House by American Theatre Editors

Fink, who grew up in Northeast Ohio, will join the company this summer after years working in theatre in Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:13PM

Seven Devils Announces 2023 Conference Lineup by American Theatre Editors

The conference will feature new works by Susan Kathryn Hefti, Gloria Oladipo, Savannah Reich, Alec Silberblatt, Wolfgang Jones, and AZ Espinoza.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:46PM

NQT’s Criminal Queerness Festival to Focus on War in Ukraine by American Theatre Editors

New work by Danielle Levsky, Wojtek Rodak, and Andrew Kushnir will tell LGBTQ+ stories against the backdrop of upheavals in post-Soviet Eastern Europe.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:50AM

Harlem9 Announces 48Hours in…Harlem Playwrights by American Theatre Editors

Playwrights Andrea Ambam, Christin Eve Cato, Julienne Hairston, Johnny G. Lloyd, a.k. payne, and M.D. Schaffer will devise ten-minute plays over the span of 48 hours this summer.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:17AM

Deborah Lawlor, the Fountain Theatre’s Guardian Angel by American Theatre Editors

In her life and her work producing theatre and dance in Los Angeles, she never gave less than her all, and we are all the richer for it.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:28AM
Thursday, May 18, 2023

Actors’ Equity Foundation Names 2023 Awardees by American Theatre Editors

This year's winners include Darius de Haas, Michael Patrick Thornton, Alex Newell, Bonnie Milligan, Linda Lavin, and Francis Guinan.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:50PM

First Stage Managing Director Betsy Corry to Retire by American Theatre Editors

She has worked with the influential TYA theatre for 18 years.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:58AM
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Additional Dramatists Guild Award Winners Announced by American Theatre Editors

At a recent ceremony, the Dramatists Guild presented awards to Marc Shaiman, Nissy Aya, Candrice Jones, Dave Harris, Iakowi:he’ne’ Oakes, the Brooklyn Public Library, and Friends of Geo…

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:27PM

Stage Managers Association Awards 4 Grants by American Theatre Editors

The foundation's first 4 grants have been awarded to projects by Ebony Road Players, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Brídín Clements Cotton, and Olivia Rose.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:51PM
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Laura Carbonell Monarque to Leave Working Theater by American Theatre Editors

After 20 years with Working Theater, Monarque will join the Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara as their new director of development beginning July 1.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:53PM

Outer Critics Circle Announces 2023 Awards by American Theatre Editors

'Some Like It Hot' leads with 5 awards, followed by 'Leopoldstadt' with 3.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:13PM
Monday, May 15, 2023

Offscript: Ty Defoe Is Planting the Seeds by American Theatre Editors

We talk to writer/director/trickster Ty Defoe about directing 'Rent' for the next generation, building community ties, and moving beyond land acknowledgements. Plus: a check-in with Denver r…

SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:26PM

Jerald Raymond Pierce to Return as American Theatre’s Chicago Editor by American Theatre Editors

A former editor for this magazine from Chicago, Pierce will lead coverage of the Midwest's great theatre city and its wider impact and influence.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:48PM

Pillsbury House + Theatre Names Naked Stages Fellows by American Theatre Editors

snem DeSellier, Yoni Light, and Dakota Blankenship will participate in a 7-month development program to provide time, financial support, and mentoring.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:50PM

SPACE on Ryder Farm Announces 2023 Residents by American Theatre Editors

This season SPACE plans to honor existing commitments to a cohort of over 40 artists who applied and were accepted, but whose residencies have had to be deferred primarily due to the pandem…

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:47AM
Friday, May 12, 2023

Fuse Theatre Announces OUTwright Theatre Festival Lineup by American Theatre Editors

The new musical 'The Pursuit of Happiness (or The Wacky Lesbian Adventures of Brillo Pad and Hula Hoop)' will headline the festival.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:56PM

Moisés Kaufman Plays With Form by American Theatre Editors

Both with his Tectonic collaborators and on his own, the playwright-director has always explored the architecture of theatre and its potential social impact.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:33AM

Tony Nominators: You Missed a Step in Ignoring ‘Dancin’’ by American Theatre Editors

The show's producer makes the case for recognizing non-traditional forms---including dance-driven, non-narrative shows like this---on Broadway.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:46AM
Thursday, May 11, 2023

TyLie Shider Receives ArtYard Playwright Fellowship by American Theatre Editors

The award comes with a 9-month residency, housing, rehearsal space, a $20,000 stipend, and an $8,000 play development budget, and it culminates in a final showcase.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:13PM

Playwrights Foundation Announces Programming Changes by American Theatre Editors

The Bay Area Playwrights Festival will become a biennial hybrid offering, the Resident Playwrights program will become a 2-year residency, and the foundation will conclude their Rough Readin…

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:05PM

Black Arts MKE Announces Theatre Festival Lineup by American Theatre Editors

The 3-week-long event will offer ticketed and free events at various venues throughout Milwaukee this summer.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:59PM

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
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
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime