How to deal with rejection and gain perspective on this crazy business? Maybe spend a day watching Broadway musicals you worked on but ultimately weren't cast in.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:45AMThis month we start our look back at our recent gathering in the Windy City and hear from artists Anna Rogelio Joaquin and Aileen Wen McGroddy.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:01PMA longtime member of the theatre's acting company, she succeeds interim leader Kate Berry, who stepped in when John DiAntonio left last fall.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:58PMLongtime director of advocacy Laurie Baskin will retire this month, with Erica Lauren Ortiz stepping in as interim advocacy leader, while TCG kicks off a search for 3 top leaders.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:40AMAs we near TCG's 2024 national conference in Chicago, local critic and journalist Emily McClanathan offers an overview of the diverse offerings of Chicago's many neighborhoods.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:24PMNew to Chicago, theatre journalist Mike Davis offers his early learnings to visitors to the great theatre town.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:24PMAs the TCG conference comes to town, artists with work onstage tell us about themselves, their shows, and their city.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:23PMA busy director with a new play about Queen Margaret at Hudson Valley Shakes, and a Broadway veteran cooking in 'Hell's Kitchen.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:21PMAs either actor or director, often at N.J.'s Two River Theater, he's tackled all 10 plays in August Wilson's canon, but he's not resting on his laurels.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:38PMA roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:10AMWith our Spring issue, we've turned our focus away from the stage to the house to consider the audience.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:30AMWhile other new-work development hubs have dried up, the Great Plains Theatre Commons continues its convivial creative tradition with local and national support.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:40AMThe war in Gaza has put a fresh spotlight on the question of what theatres and artists should say or do in response.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:08AMJune looks back on Frederick Douglass's criticisms of blackface, Uta Hagen's legacy, Eugene O’Neill’s nine-act 'Interlude,' Steppenwolf's 'Menagerie,' and a Lynne Nottage premiere.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:30PMReflections on what's bringing joy, and a look at where we'll meet the next challenge.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:14PMA lively and perceptive watcher and thinker, she helped generations of artists and critics view theatre as a kind of space and time travel.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:17AMThe new initiative will give unrestricted funds to 5 trans women of color in the performing arts and theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:30PMAttendance and funding may be down at many U.S. theatres, but the variety of creative responses to crisis and precarity is ever increasing.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:44AMHe'll fill the role recently left by Erica Ezold while the Pennsylvania company seeks a successor.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:57PMThe barn doors at SPACE will close after more than a decade supporting creators and cultivators, while the board considers what comes next.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:31PMA far-ranging conversation about their common approach to text as a springboard, why they're past theory, and how they introduced Jessica Lange to Viewpoints.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:58AMLivingston will head to Houston this August.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:31PMA new report details the efforts of 20-plus artists, administrators, and organizations to join forces and give microgrants to colleagues impacted by the pandemic and its effects.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:50AMTheatres are taking a hard look at a well-worn patron model, and coming to different conclusions about its usefulness.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMColleagues and friends of the actor-playwright recall his legacy as a dramatist, poet, producer, mentor, truth teller, and friend.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:17PMTheatre is all about human behavior. Is it time to let audiences be fully human too?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:17PMThe small Seattle theatre reports that it needs to raise 62.5 percent more in contributed income than in pre-pandemic times to sustain operations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:38PMThis month Brian speaks with the busy playwright about dramatizing Idaho, promoting the film of 'The Whale,' and working on a new play at Steppenwolf.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:31PMThis year's 6-person cohort is based in Chicago.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:54AMStaging the complete ‘Kāmau Trilogy’ in repertory for the first time in 30 years, Kumu Kahua Theatre aims both to honor the losses of the past and break the cycle of intergenerational t…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:43AMWhen La Liga Teatro Elástico came to Chicago, they built a puppet parade to dramatize our ecological interdependence.
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