Friday, December 9, 2022
Why is this groundbreaking Broadway musical closing so soon? The tale of its creation, evolution, marketing, and critical reception offers plenty of clues---and some glimmers of hope.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:13PMThe five fellows will create new works at Princeton's Lewis Center for the Arts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:56AMThursday, December 8, 2022
Through much of the 1990s, Diana Gibson's Cast Theatre in Hollywood was Tanner's personal playhouse, but a new play peeks backstage at the hidden costs of that odd arrangement.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:42PMWednesday, December 7, 2022
To better serve the field in a responsive and responsible way, the arts service org has slated its next National Conference for 2024.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:21PMFrank will join the theatre this month after working for years in nonprofit theatre, most recently at New York's Waterwell.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:59AMTuesday, December 6, 2022
The series will kick off with Yunior Garcia's 'Jacuzzi.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:24PMMore than just an immersive show about the senses, the new David Byrne/Mala Gaonkar experience in Denver has been built for folks of all sensory abilities.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:06PMThe drama program at Houston's Carver School, led by Roshunda Jones-Koumba, recently enjoyed an inspiring, forward-looking master class with CMU faculty.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:52PMMonday, December 5, 2022
The 'Real Women Have Curves' playwright talks about 'Remembering Boyle Heights,' a new ensemble-devised play collecting the stories of her L.A. community.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:06PMThe program director of the Black Theatre Coalition succeeds Cassie Greer as leader of the Oregon company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:23PMThursday, December 1, 2022
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 02:01PMOne of the nation's most prolific living playwrights celebrates the theatre that has sustained him, and asks that it recommit to, and expand, its support for new work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:23AMA 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 10:00AMWednesday, November 30, 2022
The artistic director has served 17 seasons and produced 88 shows at the Northern California theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:00PMTuesday, November 29, 2022
This 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 11:24AMMonday, November 28, 2022
Writer 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 08:56AMWednesday, November 23, 2022
A 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 10:06AMTuesday, November 22, 2022
The 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 10:30AMMonday, November 21, 2022
How 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 10:50AMFriday, November 18, 2022
A 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 03:59PMThursday, November 17, 2022
Under 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 12:39PMWednesday, November 16, 2022
Socially 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 10:30AMTuesday, November 15, 2022
For 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.
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