Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Succeeding co-founding leader Stephen Sachs, the D.C.-based director will assume full leadership of the L.A. theatre next April.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:41AMIn a recent conversation with publications director Kelundra Smith, the 'Yellow Face' playwright talked about progress in representation and the unfairness of criticism.
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Five folks who help the show go on recall memorable points on their path.
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In staging a revolution and its confusing aftermath, the musical ‘We Live in Cairo’ also seeks to dramatize the everyday life of Arabs.
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Sondheim and Weidman's masterpiece about Japan's 'opening' to the West returns to an L.A. company whose history with the show is as tightly intertwined as its subjects are.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:55PMTuesday, November 12, 2024
In an excerpt from the new book 'Women Writing Musicals,' we learn about the songwriter who became the first woman to write music and lyrics for a full Broadway score, in 1942.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:24PMTwo new books lift the voices of designers and production workers on their art and their labor.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:34PMA roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:59PMFriday, November 8, 2024
Beyond sensory “friendly,” these theatremakers are pushing the frontier of theatre that is truly for all audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:49AMThe Massachusetts collective, known for its site-roving parade spectacles, also convenes artists and activists and community around its rural roots.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:19AMWednesday, November 6, 2024
This celebration of community stretched over weeks and connected Latine and Latin American performance.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:32AMA new adaptation of Sophocles’s classic will be staged at a museum with unclaimed Native holdings—but it’s hardly a staid museum piece.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:02AMMonday, November 4, 2024
From British loyalist plays to Suzan-Lori Parks's 'Elements of Style,' Edwin Booth's 'Hamlet' to Lynn Nottage's birth.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:39PMIn Anna Ouyang Moench’s new backstage comedy, a regional theatre actor looks to avoid becoming a real-life Scrooge.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:13PMWednesday, October 30, 2024
Fresh off a cabaret performance at NYC's 54 Below, Otherworld is set to remount their hit 'Twilight' parody musical, continuing their streak of sci-fi and fantasy shows for Chicago audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:22PMA roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
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With so many adaptations, including the return of Elevator Repair Service’s ‘GATZ,’ are artists reinventing a classic---or destined to repeat the errors of the past?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:07PMMonday, October 28, 2024
We'll look back on these 2 Bay Area companies for the imaginations they unleashed and the lives they touched.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:42AMThursday, October 24, 2024
A study conducted by SMU DataArts reports on 11 cities across the U.S. and their tactics for advocacy, process, and equity to support artists and cultural organizations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:53PMAfter negotiations between Actors’ Equity Association and Brass Jar Productions, Drunk Shakespeare’s cast and crew ratifies first union contract.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PMWednesday, October 23, 2024
A new plan from Creatives Rebuild New York (CRNY) outlines a long-term program for state and local lawmakers to improve conditions for artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:39PMOriginally hired as transition manager and interim managing director, she started in her new permanent role early this month.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:33PMStarting in January, she will work alongside newly appointed artistic director Jay Duffer as they succeed founding director Kathleen Culebro.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:30PMIn joining a college theatre program with similar aims and aesthetics, the training arm of the experimental company will keep its students on track with minimal interruption.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:09PMTuesday, October 22, 2024
This month, Allison heads to the former home of artist Frederic Edwin Church and readers uplift their mentors.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:27PMRoundabout Theatre Company and New Victory Theater partner to make performances more welcoming to nuerodiverse audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:47PMA roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PMA nonet of plays by Mfoniso Udofia, 5 of them world premieres, will unfold a multi-generational immigrant story at several area theatres over 2 years.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:00PMThe purity and brilliance of his voice was just one clue to his inner brightness and generosity.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:00AMMonday, October 21, 2024
The venue's grand opening will be on Dec. 14 in Los Angeles.
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How a tour of Rocky Mountain theatres allowed one group of bikers to raise awareness for Behind the Scenes Charity.
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