The busy writer was brought on to preserve the essence of the iconic show, while pruning dated language (and adding fresh jokes).
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:40AMRogers succeeds former managing director Frank Mack.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:43PMFrom its casting to its staging, the acclaimed new Broadway revival of the iconic rock musical misses opportunities to engage with, and subvert, harmful tropes around Deafness and disability.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:01PMA sweet, sane soul who wrote hilarious, deranged, profoundly human plays, he showed us all how to dance on the funny/serious tightrope.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:21PMHeidi Schreck adaptations of 'An Enemy of the People' and 'Uncle Vanya' on Broadway, Amy Herzog and Heidi Schreck
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:03AMA roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00PMDeborah Zoe Laufer's new play, now kicking off its rolling world premiere at Philadelphia's InterAct Theatre, imagines an eerily plausible fascist future.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:04PMThe 3 writers in Second Stage's Judith Champion Reading Series---Sarah Mantell, D.A. Mindell, and Kaela Mei-Shin Garvin---reflect on their plays and their process.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:05AMApplications for the new program, designed to mentor early-career and aspiring critics in the region, are now open through July 15.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:33AMIn Know Theatre's new show, Cloud Cult's 2010 concept album becomes an interstellar family drama set somewhere between Ohio and Proxima Centauri.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:44PMBranden Jacobs-Jenkins's world premiere play about a Black political dynasty is the latest in Steppenwolf's lineage of explosive work crafted around their acting ensemble.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:02PMA roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:35PMParticipants gathered to preserve the legacy and imagine the future of Latinx Theatre at the LTC's convening in Boston last month.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:04PMApril recalls the Hyers sisters, a prolific lyricist, a federal musical revue, a busy book writer, an August Wilson premiere, and an Anna Deavere Smith classic.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:20PMSyracuse Stage's managing director, who began her theatre career in the Midwest, will take her place this summer next to CTC's new artistic director, Rick Dildine.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:54AMA conversation about censorship in high school theatre programs, and how students, teachers, and parents can push back.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:30PMThis month Brian talks to playwright Mashuq Mushtaq Deen about building a writing career, pushing audiences out of their comfort zone, and finding his place in the theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:15PMThe flagship theatre memorably mounted Shakespeare's popular history plays in 1990, and now they're back for another repertory rotation.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:09PM2 works now in the public domain will be joined in a new 'pop opera hybrid' version.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:39AMA tenor known for romantic leads, the actor-singer tackles the iconic demon barber with only a slight key change and an emphasis on the humanity as much as the horror.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:27AMThe traveling workshop series for local TNB2S+ artists begins with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in May and Steppenwolf Theatre in July.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:34AMEven with arts journalism jobs in decline, emerging theatre critics keep training and finding new outlets for their voices.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:14PMEfforts like Fat Theatre Project and Broadway Bods are fighting for more opportunities for performers who identify as fat and to change the way they're seen onstage.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:03PMFrom conservatories to MFAs to youth ensembles, the best training to reflect human behavior onstage can take as many forms as life itself.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:19PMDiversifying design training and hiring, and an effort to fund plays about science.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:36AMThe diversification of theatre design starts—but doesn’t end—with training.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:35AMThis year's statements emphasize peace, truth, and resourcefulness.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:05AMThe playwright of 'Oslo' and the new 'Corruption' likes to wrestle in public with the things that trouble him and our politics.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:18PMA roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:32PMThis month, theatres are still making tough programming choices as they look hopefully toward growing into the future, plus thoughts from Willow James and Tiffany Keane Schaefer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PMResident companies at the NYC venue will now pay no rent when they stage work there.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:41PM
