Monday, June 2, 2025
Michael Urie and the festival's co-founders are bringing Pride Plays to the nation’s capital for this year’s 50th anniversary of WorldPride.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:27AMFriday, May 30, 2025
The late playwright of 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' gets an official marker in New York City.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:17PMTaylor Mac, whose new play 'Prosperous Fools' is loosely inspired by 'Le Bourgeois gentilhomme,' and Jeffrey Hatcher, who has a new adaptation of 'The Imaginary Invalid,' talk comedy, cathar…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:51PMThursday, May 29, 2025
Having served since 2022, he will leave to begin a new chapter of public service, including studies in urban planning.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:35PMThe inaugural four-day festival (running June 26-29) will showcase queer creators of color in dance, theatre, and collaborative artmaking.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:15PMThe scholarship, administered by Theatre Communications Group, supports early-career costume designers through professional development.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:00PMTuesday, May 27, 2025
The most recent edition of South Coast Rep's annual play-development gathering showcased moving works about loss and reupped the theatre's long-standing commitment to emerging writers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:09PMThe business case for a more diverse American theatre is a distraction from our core human and artistic values, which is the ground we must stand on in the fight for DEI.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMThursday, May 22, 2025
One of the late composer's musical theatre successors pays tribute to his elder's craft, creativity, and unflappable professionalism.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:09PMA Broadway show about the making of a historic record in Cuba doesn't sacrifice the authenticity of its deep cultural context—or its original language.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:12PMGaven D. Trinidad's 'Learning to Read by Moonlight' is being produced by 2 companies and staged at 3 different Boston locations, giving its themes of immigrant belonging a wide and hyper-loc…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:36PMWednesday, May 21, 2025
Tarell Alvin McCraney's new play for Arena Stage both celebrates and complicates hard-won marriage equality rights just as D.C. welcomes WorldPride festivities.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:01AMTuesday, May 20, 2025
Long, who started on May 19, will lead TCG's fundraising efforts
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:43PMIn a recent keynote address at the New School, a Russian-born theatremaker stirred graduates with a message of hope in the face of despair.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMMonday, May 19, 2025
While some companies can quickly plug the holes in their budgets for now, the ripple effects of across-the-board cutbacks to federal arts funding may be long-lasting and felt by the most vul…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:58PMFriday, May 16, 2025
After efforts to secure the space, the company embarks on a journey to continue producing elsewhere and close out their time in the black box with ‘Head Over Heels.’
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:22AMIn its regional premiere, Celine Song’s debut play, about older Korean woman who dive for their food, has fresh resonance this time around—and a lot less actual water.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:40AMThursday, May 15, 2025
6 readings of social justice-themed plays, programmed to respond to the current moment of political retrenchment, will run over 2 weekends in June.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:53AMWednesday, May 14, 2025
A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:59AMWith the departure of co-founder Dawn Simmons, Parent assumes sole leadership on July 1, while education director Pascale Florestal steps up to be the associate artistic director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:20AMTuesday, May 13, 2025
This month we talk to 2 Tony-nominated directors who specialize in new plays, and catch up with tireless critic Chris Jones for a recap of the Broadway season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:34PMMany theatres are rethinking their board structure to address inequities and mission drift. But can new ideas break through?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMMonday, May 12, 2025
How is this long-standing American theatre tradition faring in an age of social media, raised expectations, and post-Covid recovery?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMThursday, May 8, 2025
A begrudging Pulitzer, a court case turned theatre (twice over), an award-winning life story, and a world premiere.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMWednesday, May 7, 2025
The St. Louis musical theatre mainstay, now in its 107th season, will receive the special award on June 8.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:14PMTheater Mitu's investigation into a better world proves an unexpectedly perfect fit beneath a Boston planetarium's dome.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:03AMTuesday, May 6, 2025
The writer of 'Funny, Like an Abortion' and 'The Night Witches' talks about long commutes, writing science plays, and the parts she wishes she'd been able to play in school.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:37PMIn a devised docu-theatre play earlier this year, Trinity Rep revisited a disastrous war—and a previous show—from all sides of the front line.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:59AMMonday, May 5, 2025
Arts organizations, including dozens of theatre companies, had NEA grants withdrawn or terminated late last week, and leadership resignations at the endowment bode ill.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:26PMThe finalists were 'Oh, Mary!' by Cole Escola and 'The Ally' by Itamar Moses.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:48PMThe Chicago-based nonprofit A.B.L.E.’s recent show piloted a new production process, aiming to expand the work of changing public perceptions of artists with disabilities.
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