December brought the premieres of a powerful Pulitzer-winning drama, a Yiddish play by a prolific Jewish playwright, and a docudrama about a flashpoint in U.S. history.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:01PMA Pulitzer finalist for 'Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord,' she will create a new work about food insecurity as the first recipient of a new award from En Garde Arts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AMThe artistic director has served 17 seasons and produced 88 shows at the Northern California theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:00PMThis month Woodzick talks with the singer-songwriter-dancer about his new show and album 'English With an Accident,' an allegory about immigration and transformation.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:24AMWriter Sarah Ruhl and director Rebecca Taichman talk about how they're crafting 'Becky Nurse of Salem,' a new play about witches and women's power.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:06PMIn his lifelong affair with the theatre, he could be a possessive, even jealous lover, but both his intellectual acuity and his abundant humanity shone through all his writing.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:56AMA new program from TYA/USA, which partners its writers with 24 major TYA theatres, is billed as the largest such effort ever undertaken in the field.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:36PMHow 2 veterans of New York's 1960s-'70s avant-garde theatre made edgy, alternative theatre in a conservative state, and what enduring lessons their example may hold out for others.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:30PMThough celebrating her 95th birthday as well as the Actors Studio's 75th, the acclaimed but still busy actor isn't about to rest on her laurels.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:06AMThe annual new-play series, featuring plays by Keith Bunin, Idris Goodwin, Noelle Viñas, and Lia Romeo, runs Dec. 1-12.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:25PMMembers of this emerging New England theatre company are finding joy and building trust in the wake of trauma.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:21PMThis month Brian talks to the author of 'tokyo fish story' and 'brownsville song (b-side for tray)' about panic, curiosity, and the earned laughs average.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:29AMKnown for her lively, no-gimmick stagings of Shakespeare with Theatre for a New Audience, the director is branching out with 'Des Moines.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:30AMHow a number of recent shows in New York are landing, and what it feels like to work on them, in a time of rising antisemitism and right-wing violence.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:17AMA reflection on the influences who led me to become the theatre artist and educator I am today---and to be that influence for others.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:50AMA conversation with Joel Grey, Tovah Feldshuh, Caissie Levy, Michael Arden, and Bess Wohl about portrayals of Jewishness and antisemitism on New York stages.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:59PMUnder the slogan 'It's About Time,' AEA members will gather to push for a better deal on Broadway understudies, scheduling, and workplace safety.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:39PMSocially engaged performance has a rich history in this country, and it deserves an account as localized and multivocal as its leading practitioners.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:30AMFor the show's associate music director, 'KPOP' brings together 2 things that are precious to her: the Broadway musical, and contemporary Korean and Korean American culture.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:20PMAmerican Theatre's former senior editor talks about her new editor-in-chief gig, and how she thinks the theatre discourse has changed for the better.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:20AMThe program will allow for 15 applicants to shadow, observe, or support experienced choreographers and directors during a production process.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:59AMThe 5-acre farm in Doylestown, Pa., where Oscar Hammerstein II wrote his epochal musicals is being turned into a museum and education center.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:20PMA new production from Houses on the Moon Theater Company explores the untold stories of family members whose loved ones are incarcerated.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:23PMIn a free-ranging retrospective interview, the Tony-winning choreographer of 'The Wiz' talks about his influences, his work with pop stars, his time with Alvin Ailey, and the love of his lif…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:36PMWhat began as a dark thought experiment---what if Black folks just left America and its racist violence behind?---has grown into a scathing satire that speaks to something deep inside audien…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:30PMStarting Dec. 1, Slight will temporarily replace Cody Estle, who is leaving Raven to serve as artistic director of Next Act Theatre in Milwaukee.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:22PMNext week's awards ceremony will feature a conversation among Hausmann, playwright Sarah Ruhl, and the author's nephew, Tappan Wilder.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:17PMIn the newly created, Hunter succeeds the company’s former producing director and director of external affairs.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:03PMStaying to true to your gut, making the work no one is hiring you to do, finding a community that gets you, taking mental health breaks---these are just some of the tips these creative folks…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:13PMMoses will be awarded $15,000 and a reading of his play 'The Ally' at Theater J's annual benefit next week.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:53PMThe festival will feature work from playwrights Donja R. Love, Charlie Oh, Omer Abbas Salem, Gina Femia, Nancy García Loza, and Jeffrey Lieber.
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