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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Diep Tran Is Excited to Lead Playbill—Well, Excited and Scared by American Theatre Editors

American 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 11:20AM

SDCF  Launches Professional Development Program  by American Theatre Editors

The program will allow for 15 applicants to shadow, observe, or support experienced choreographers and directors during a production process.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:59AM
Thursday, November 10, 2022

I’ve Got a Beautiful Feeling About the Future of Hammerstein’s Farm by American Theatre Editors

The 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 05:20PM

‘Shared Sentences’: Families Doing Time Together on the Outside by American Theatre Editors

A 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 02:23PM

How George Faison Orders His Steps by American Theatre Editors

In 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 12:36PM
Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Jordan E. Cooper’s ‘Ain’t No Mo’’ Lands on Broadway After Regional Layover by American Theatre Editors

What 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 03:30PM

Sarah Slight Named Raven Theatre’s Interim Artistic Director  by American Theatre Editors

Starting 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 02:22PM
Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Michel Hausmann and New Miami Drama Receive Thornton Wilder Prize by American Theatre Editors

Next week's awards ceremony will feature a conversation among Hausmann, playwright Sarah Ruhl, and the author's nephew, Tappan Wilder.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:17PM

Lesley Hunter Named HERE’s First Managing Director by American Theatre Editors

In the newly created, Hunter succeeds the company’s former producing director and director of external affairs.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:03PM

Staying Power: 9 Theatre/TV/Film Artists on What Keeps Them Going by American Theatre Editors

Staying 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 05:13PM

Itamar Moses Receives 2022 Trish Vrandenburg New Jewish Play Prize by American Theatre Editors

Moses 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 04:53PM

Goodman Theatre Announces 18th New Stages Festival  by American Theatre Editors

The festival will feature work from playwrights Donja R. Love, Charlie Oh, Omer Abbas Salem, Gina Femia, Nancy García Loza, and Jeffrey Lieber.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:20PM

The Tank Opens Affordable New NYC Rehearsal Space by American Theatre Editors

The expansion includes five spaces on the sixth floor of the Tank's current Midtown Manhattan location.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:38PM
Monday, November 7, 2022

How Jack O’Brien Learned to Direct: Watching, Doing, and Living to Tell by American Theatre Editors

In a new memoir, the longtime Old Globe leader and frequent Broadway helmer considers an eventful career and offers tips he picked up the hard way.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:22PM

Mr. Abbott Meets the Kid: The Care and Feeding of the Revival by American Theatre Editors

In this excerpt from his new memoir 'Jack in the Box: Or, How to Goddamn Direct,' Jack O'Brien recounts his fierce face-off with theatre giant George Abbott.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:20PM

Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab: Not a Eulogy but a Celebration by American Theatre Editors

For 25 years, this hugely influential program welcomed directors from all over the world to compare work and share practices. Is it really over?

SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:55PM

Love Letters, and Music, in TyLie Shider’s ‘Mom and Pop’ Plays by American Theatre Editors

In 'Certain Aspects of Conflict in the Negro Family' and 'The Gospel Woman' this journalist-turned-playwright recovers overlooked histories---and that work started at home.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:38AM
Friday, November 4, 2022

Study Finds COVID Concerns Still Deterring D.C. Audiences by American Theatre Editors

Many theatregoers in the region say they'd be more likely to attend if masks were required.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:18PM

24 Hour Plays Are Coming Back to Broadway by American Theatre Editors

This year's 24-hour intensive will make a star studded in-person return with six new works developed over the course of one night.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:06PM

This Month in Theatre History by American Theatre Editors

November looks back on some Houdini hijinks, the origins of two major regional theatres, and a First Nations-led premiere.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:07PM
Thursday, November 3, 2022

Brittani Samuel Receives First ATCA Medina Award for Cultural Criticism  by American Theatre Editors

Samuel will receive a cash award and a complimentary annual American Theatre Critics Association membership.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:08PM
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

The Evolution of Anthony Davis’s ‘Malcolm X’ Opera by American Theatre Editors

The Met Opera-bound revival, directed by Robert O'Hara, plays this weekend in Omaha, where the influential Black leader was born Malcolm Little in 1925.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:00PM
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Wendy C. Goldberg to Leave O’Neill National Playwrights Conference by American Theatre Editors

Goldberg leaves the post after 18 years, and the O’Neill will next seek an interim artistic director.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:13PM

David Hare Wants to Know Why We Suffer by American Theatre Editors

His new play 'Straight Line Crazy' may treat an American subject, but the English playwright is still addressing some of his chief political and social preoccupations.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:17PM
Monday, October 31, 2022

Stage Frights: Theatre Ghost Stories, Vol. 7 by American Theatre Editors

Footsteps on the roof, mischief-making specters, self-opening doors, and more fill our annual Halloween anthology of tales from haunted theatres.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:59AM
Friday, October 28, 2022

Revisiting the Elián Drama at Miami New Drama by American Theatre Editors

A new play by Rogelio Martinez returns to a painful and contested piece of post-Cold War history and attempts to reckon with its wounds and lessons.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:15PM

Blow, Winds: Florida Theatres After Hurricane Ian by American Theatre Editors

Fort Myers's Florida Rep reckons with at least $1 million in damage, while other theatres, and the region in general, face a steep path to recovery.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:50AM
Thursday, October 27, 2022

Matt Barbot Receives Commission From Miami New Drama and the Black List by American Theatre Editors

In the first theatre project undertaken by the influential screenwriting platform, the Brooklyn-based writer will receive $10,000 to develop a new work with the Florida theatre.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AM
Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Theater J Commissions 7 Playwrights for Expanding the Canon Initiative by American Theatre Editors

Created to broaden racial and ethnic portrayals of Jewishness onstage, the program provides playwrights with a $10,000 commission and a $5,000 developmental budget to support the creation of…

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:56PM

Angel Adedokun Named RHE Foundation Artistic Fellow by American Theatre Editors

The Bay Area singer-songwriter will receive a $10,000 award funded by the RHE Foundation and Theatre Bay Area performing arts organization.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:38PM

22 Theatres Receive TCG THRIVE! RECOGNIZE Grants by American Theatre Editors

22 BITOC grantees will receive a total of $900,000 in general operating support and the opportunity to join REBUILD: A Learning Cohort.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:00PM

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 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic